What have you been tying lately?

[OnAFly]

sweet looking flies. those would catch about any predator fish if presented the right way.

[ted4887]

Wow, you moved up to tubes huh? That's pretty cool man. I'm not brave enough, nor do I have enough extra wonga lying around to justify it. Cripes, i dropped close to $200 at The Fly Angler on Friday. And that's with the Great Waters Expo coming up.

[Slabasaurus]

Thanks guys

I am going to try to find where go go dancers buy their plumage. Otherwise... this is going to get real spendy.

Now... which one of y'all cleaned out the fly angler of all their articulated shanks? That's actually what I went into the shop for saturday.

[ted4887]

My white/chart version of the El Chupacabra

[itchmesir]

Thanks guys

I am going to try to find where go go dancers buy their plumage. Otherwise... this is going to get real spendy.

Now... which one of y'all cleaned out the fly angler of all their articulated shanks? That's actually what I went into the shop for saturday.

i've picked up ostrich plumes from hobby lobby for $1/ea

@Ted... That'll definitely catch a pike or two

[itchmesir]

not sure where to put this... so i'll put it here... this edition of This Is Fly Magazine has an article by Brad Bohen...

[Slabasaurus]

not sure where to put this... so i'll put it here... this edition of This Is Fly Magazine has an article by Brad Bohen...

That was awesome.

Is winter over yet? jeeeeeze.

[ted4887]

Stealin' Ic3winds flies. It is just too fishy looking of a fly not to.

I anticipate having a bunch of these in the box by this spring.

[Ic3wind]

Nice! I'll take that as a compliment

[Wabamskee]

very nice ted!

[Slabasaurus]

That Ic3wind 'articulated tequeely' is friggin awesome. I'll be adding a few of those to the meat pail here before musky time. Nice work guys.

I had to edit this photo to remove the cool props that go against forum policy, hence the odd size. More tube stuff though. These are for early season pike up at the cabin... bass too will go for these ones. Well... maybe not the artsy steel fly in the corner... anyway.

[itchmesir]

Simi Seal Leech... In a handful of colors...

Went out and tested them today... I think they passed...

(couldn't find my tape at the time >.<)

[Slabasaurus]

I'll take half a dozen o dem black ones.

Thanks dude.

The fish though... now you're just showing off.

[ted4887]

Thanks for making me regret not going out today. Did you go to Dr. Feelgood?

[itchmesir]

Thanks for making me regret not going out

you're welcome

[ted4887]

[Ic3wind]

Lookin good guys, man it needs to warm up soon. I have a serious need to hit some open water ASAP

[itchmesir]

@Ted... is that that baitfish stuff?

[itchmesir]

My first jointed fly... Think it'll fool some fishes... measures in at 7"

[ted4887]

Nice start on the articulated stuff. It'll definitely fool some fish. Maybe pop an early season pike on that bad boy if you're lucky.

On my diver, it is a two clumps of marabou, baitfish emulator, and some Krystal flash.

[Ic3wind]

Took a shot at that zook/pole dancer thats in teh video above and started painting poppers. Its been alot of fun so far

[ted4887]

Did you get the Copic Airbrush? Those poppers are good looking!

[Ic3wind]

ya its pretty dang sweet. Im pretty impressed so far

[ted4887]

Where did you pick yours up at? That looks a heckuva lot easier than painting poppers with a stupid paint brush.

[Slabasaurus]

ya its pretty dang sweet. Im pretty impressed so far

I'm pretty impressed too... nice lookin ties there.

I definitely was thinking about grabbin an airbrush before I start to get into the popper thing... those copic brushes look pretty slick actually.

[itchmesir]

I like the old school look that hand painted poppers have... Those copics are nice though... I may purchase them sometime down the line...

[Ic3wind]

If your intrested in getting one here is the cheapest way to do it. I learned really fast that the canned air is just a plain waste of money they get spent way to fast. a compressor is the way to go. The Markers are available at most of the craft chain stores. If you got any questions on how to get the stuff let me know.

get the ABS3 set from Amazon (link below is clickable)

ABS3

Buy an air compressor for it from Harbor freight (Link below is also clickable)

Compressor

[ted4887]

Thanks dude.

One question though. Did you need to buy the 1/4" to 1/4" connection referenced at copics website to connect the compressor to the air can, or did the hose with your compressor work for that?

[Ic3wind]

the hose that comes wiht that compressor will work fine its adaptable

[ted4887]

And.... it's ordered. Jeesh, I'm quite compulsive.