Velvet Dragonfly Nymph

Velvet Dragonfly Nymph

Material list:

Deer Creek Micro Velvet Rope

Curve Nymph Hool

Lead Wire

3M Surgical tape

Mono eye

Dubbing

Pheasant tail knot legs

Markers

Deer Creek Diamond Hard UV resin

Step by step tying instruction:

Prepare the thread base

Tie in lead wire to create the shape of the abdomen

Cover with tape and add in more lead wire

Getting the shape of the abdomen

Tie in the DC Micro Velvet Rope and apply some gel glue on both side

Wind in the Velvet rope, tie down at the hook eye

Tie in the mono eye, color the velvet rope with markers

Tie in a pair of Pheasant Tail knot leg

Tie down the fiber as legs and antenna

Dub in the dubbing material

Wind in the Velvet rope to create the head profile

Head profile ready

Tie down the Velvet rope near the last pair of leg, tie down the rope

Fold the Velvet rope to create a loop for the wing case

Tie down the velvet rope and trim finish

Cut the loop

Burn the rope

Color the thorax section with marker and drop some DC Diamond Hard UV resin

Color the eye and the Velvet Dragonfly Nymph is complete

Cheers.... Happy tying

Wiggling Minnow Version2

Articulated Wiggling Minnows - Version 2

Material list:

Hard wire for bending the articulate shank

White rabbit zonker

PRISM SLF dubbing and ICE dub ( or you can also tie with craft fur )

Wide gap hook size 2 or 1

Hologram eye

Markers

Deer Creek UV resin

Step by step tying instruction:

 Prepare the thread base on the hard wire shank

Tie in some rabbit zonker fibers

Tie in some Ice dub, make sure it's spread around the shank

spread the dub, fold it over

Tie down the Ice dub

Tie in another dub material, this time put in a little bit more... then repeat the same steps as above

Continue the similar steps as above and make sure each time you put in more dub material until you finish the tail portion

Connect the tail portion with the joining shank

Tie down the shank

Put in the Dubbing materials

Fold over the dub and tie down

Repeat until you cover the whole hook shank

 Whip finish 

Trim the fibers with a pair of siccors

Color it with markers

Burn the fibers for the eye

Drop some Gel Glue to secure the eye, then app;y some Deer Creek UV resin around the eye

The Wiggling Minnow is ready

 Similar technique you can also create a lot of different minnow pattern

Wiggling Sand Eel

This one imitate local G. Snakehead fry... specially target the Hampala

For Saltwater

Saltwater - un-trim

Cheers... Happy tying

Preparing the Pincer of Furry Crab V2

Furry Foam Crab version 2 latest model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials List:

Deer Creek Micro Velvet Rope

Siccors

Lighter

Superglue

Step by step tying instructions:

Materials

Tighten the knob and trim the extra

Cut the loop

Burn the edge

Secure the knob with superglue

Fold the rope with fire

Pincers are ready