LA Bead Head Nymph

Latex Abdomen Bead Head Nymph

Materials:

Tail - Goose Biots

Abdoment - Latex strip cut from glove

thorax - Latex strip cut fro glove

Legs - Goose Biots

Body - Peacock Herls

Head - Gold bead head

Step by step tying instructions:

Prepare a size 10 nymph hook, put in the bead head

Tie in the latex strip and a pair of biot

Roll the latex strip to create the abdomen

Tie down the latex and fold the latex to about half of the abdomen and tie down tight, this will later become the thorax

Color the abdomen and thorax with marker

Tie in 3 pairs of biot legs

Tie in 3 pcs of peacock herl

Spin the peacock herl

Fold over the Latex strip, tie down as the thorax

Color the thorax, drop a small amount of UV clear epoxy

Dry the epoxy and the nymph is ready

View from below

Play with markers, you can get different nymph patterns..

Cheers and happy tying

SF-P Unique Deceiver

SF-Polar Unique Hair Deceiver

This is a simple yet effective deceiver pattern tie for saltwater. By playing with different color of Unique Hairs... you will be able to imitate many different baitfish pattern

Materials:

Unique Hair - color to your choice

SF Blend - white

Polar Flash - Pearl

3D epoxy eye

UV clear epoxy

Step by step tying instruction:

Prepare your saltwater hook

Tie in the White SF Blend

Tie in the Polar Flash, cover evenly on the SF Blend

Tie in some White Unique Hair on top of the wings

Tie in another different color of Unique Hair

Cut some Red Rabbit Zonker fiber, tie in as the grills, tie in the mix of black and gray Unique Hair

Whip finish, stick on the 3D eye, apply UV epoxy and the deceiver is completed.

Cheers and tight lines

Furry Foam Crayfish

Furry Foam Crayfish

This is a very simple yet realistic fishable crayfish pattern... hope you all like it.

The crayfish

Materials:

Head and Body - Furry foam

Eye - Black bead mono eye

Pincher - Knob furry foam cut out

Legs - Micro Chenille

Antenna - Pheasant tail fiber, flashabou and Calf body hair

Some dubbing and Dumb bell

Step by step tying instruction:

Tie in the Dumb bell as weight

Tie in the furry foam and bead eye

Tie in the Calf body hair, Pheasant tail fiber then add some flashabou

Roll in some dubbing, preferably orange or pink color, tie in a pcs of micro chenille

 Tie in the pair of knob furry foam pincher

Tie in 4 pairs of micro chenille legs, spin the micro chenille to split the legs

Tie down the head profile about half of the hook length

Spin the rest of the micro chenille cover the hook shank

Tie down a few abdomen segment

Tie down the tail and apply market to the foam

 completed

Have fun and happy tying.

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy long Legs

This is my Daddy Long Legs ( Cranefly ) pattern using similar technique like the Extended Abdomen Reel Wings Mayfly.... The abdomen is 3M Micropore surgical tape wind on dear hair.

Coated with flexament, the abdomen give a very good floatation as air are trapped inside... the nylon brush fibers as legs also sit firmly on water film...

Materials:

Abdomen - 3M Micropore Surgical tape wind on Dear Hair/Elk Hair

Legs - Brush fibers

Antenna - Dear Hair/Elk hair

Wings - Dry Fly Rooster neck heckle

Thorax - 2mm thk foam

Hook - TMC 2488 size 10

Color marker and Dubbing

Flexament

Step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the hook, tie in 6 pcs of nylon brush fiber

Tie in the Dear Hair or Elk Hair

Cut a surgical tape about 3mm wide, wind on the Dear hair

After complete winding the tape, tie down and color the abdomen with desire color

Split the 6 nylon legs, tie in a pair of antenna

Tie in 2mm thks foam

Use a small needle bring in the heckle wings

Tie down the heckle wings

Apply some dubbing to split the legs

Fold the foam over and tie down as Thorax

Trim the foam and cut the shape of the head

Color the Thorax and head. Whip finish

Color the legs and bend the legs with tweezers

Coat the abdomen and thorax with flexament

Daddy is ready to fly....

Another daddy dress in different color

Bottom View

The Actual Daddy Long Legs ( Cranefly )