Hey Fly Tiers...What's In The Vise?

[rgfixit]

Did an overhand weave on that one just to complicate my life

Rg

[trapper2000]

I been tying some  letort hoppers modified to look like a big fat juicy cricket  ...waded a bit down at the river and hit the smallies  even got a drum on a wooly bugger

[rgfixit]

Pictures?....?

I love a new pattern.

Rg

[boondox]

I done bullet head hoppers that can be done in black like crickets can be... the hopper I tied had a indy on them out of poly polypro yarn... I will see if I can get a few they had rubber legs  on them etc...etc .. if you don't mind a few pic up here?

[rgfixit]

Post away

I was washed out this morning. Creek came up over a foot. Made 2 tries at the canal before and after the rain. Managed a few bass and bluegills.

Rg

[boondox]

tying supplies needed to tie the hopticator..
hook: mustad 9672 size 14
yellow dyed deer hair
some hen neck feather brown or black depending on what your tying like crickets or hoppers 
yellow rubber legs
in this one I used cerise egg yarn could use chartreuse or oranges too ...
yellow thread 6/0 or 8/0
tool needed: a extended whip finisher and a bullet head tool set along whit scissors and a hair stacker bobbin and vises that you would regularly use..


if you would like a step by step photos of this please ask..



here is the main photo of the fly

 

[rgfixit]

Nice fly Boon. Must float like a cork.

So, from a closeup it looks like you tie in the deer hair with the tips facing forward then fold them back over the butt ends leaving the butt ends for the under body. Correct?


Rg

[boondox]

Nice fly Boon. Must float like a cork.

So, from a closeup it looks like you tie in the deer hair with the tips facing forward then fold them back over the butt ends leaving the butt ends for the under body. Correct?


Rg

that is correct and you will need a tool like the bullet head tools to fold it back to get the nice neat head... but don't forget the partial extended body out back to...

[rgfixit]

Yeah...got that covered. I'll try a few next rainy day.

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

boondox...

Don't mean to be a dumb @$$ but, what is a "bullet head tool"??

WK

[boondox]

boondox...

Don't mean to be a dumb @$$ but, what is a "bullet head tool"??

WK

what so dumb a$$ about a  good point on a question??? lol's it is always good to ask questions I say...


here is a renzetti version in action...


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et66L1tRftQ

[WANNAKETCHUM]

what so dumb a$$ about a  good point on a question??? lol's it is always good to ask questions I say...


here is a renzetti version in action...


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et66L1tRftQ

Thanks boondox...

I can definitely see where that little gizmo would save time and make for a neater end result!

WK

[rgfixit]

Rubber washers from Home Depot or Lowes do the same thing. Been using them for years. There's a dace pattern I tie like that for the local streams.

Find them in the hardware aisle in the specialty drawers. The renzetti is a cute little tool though and cheap enough at around $7. But the washers work well too. They're thin and come with a few different sized holes. A couple for a buck.

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Rubber washers from Home Depot or Lowes do the same thing. Been using them for years. There's a dace pattern I tie like that for the local streams.

Find them in the hardware aisle in the specialty drawers. The renzetti is a cute little tool though and cheap enough at around $7. But the washers work well too. They're thin and come with a few different sized holes. A couple for a buck.

Rg

I like that tip!!

Welcome back folks! Here's our man Rg, "The Frugal Fly Tier" with his tip of the week!    That's a good idea! Kinda like why should anyone pay for a half hitch tool (if that's what they prefer) when an empty ball point pen shell does the same thing?

WK

[fishnmachine]