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| Mcjames | April 1st, 2009, 8:03 pm | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 128 | I wanted to embed this image in another thread but I dont know how, so I am posting here and linking instead | |
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| GONZO | April 1st, 2009, 8:10 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1313 | Very nice, James! The wingcase markings are a ringer for Drew's Agnetina nymphs! | |
| Shawnny3 | April 1st, 2009, 9:04 pm | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 831 | Beautiful flies, McJames. I love the abdomen especially, but it looks like the thread ribbing is sliding around on the second nymph. Perhaps a different material for the over-body is needed, something less slippery. Or, you could just cover the thing in Flexament. -Shawn | |
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| DOS | April 1st, 2009, 9:15 pm | |
| Buffalo, NY Posts: 64 | oh crap! wow Don't sneak that in my aquarium or I might mistake it for a rare stonefly species and ask Lloyd or Roger to help me ID it! :) :) That is one heck of a fly, WELL DONE!!!! | |
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| Greenghost | April 1st, 2009, 9:45 pm | |
| New Brunswick Posts: 23 | DOS,Yes,I thought of the depth variable.What if???Two equally skilled anglers fished tandem nymphs through the same stetch,same time time/conditions,with the only variable being one fished a rigid point fly and wiggle dropper and the other does the opposite?As close to double blind experiment as it gets. | |
| DOS | April 1st, 2009, 9:49 pm | |
| Buffalo, NY Posts: 64 | I say we give it a try Greenghost. Shall we fish your water or mine? Either way we'd be fishing!!!! | |
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| Wbranch | April 1st, 2009, 11:29 pm | |
| York & Starlight PA Posts: 559 | McJames, Absolutely stunningly beautiful nymphs! You are a consummate realistic tyer. But am wondering if they would be any more effective if you were fishing a riffle with another guy, with equal skills, who is using non-articulated stonefly nymphs. | |
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| Troutnut | April 2nd, 2009, 12:24 am | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1435 | Very nice, Mcjames! Have you put those up on Hacklehead.com yet? | |
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| Patcrisci | April 2nd, 2009, 8:43 am | |
| Lagrangeville, NY Posts: 107 | Mcjames -- gorgeous stones dude! If I were a trout I would gobble them up. | |
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| Mcjames | April 2nd, 2009, 10:47 am | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 128 | Trust me I am a very average tier (about 2 dozen failed prototypes in my trash to prove it), I just spent alot of time on this. I got quite obsessed for some reason. Shawn you make a good point-- I used vinyl from an old 3 ring binder for the over-body and it is slick. I should coat it. I imagine the benefit, if any, of wiggle vs. rigid is marginal. But given my very average fishing skills and knowledge base, I need all the help I can get! | |
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| Wbranch | April 2nd, 2009, 3:36 pm | |
| York & Starlight PA Posts: 559 | Mcjames, "I used vinyl from an old 3 ring binder for the over-body and it is slick. I should coat it." Send me your home address and I'll send you some black and yellow Swanundaze ribbing. I don't believe it is available any longer. It is flat on the side you wind onto the hook and radiused on the exterior. I used to come in opaque and translucent colors and wide and medium widths. | |
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| GONZO | April 2nd, 2009, 3:56 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1313 | Matt, A while back, Louis located a source (Canadian, as I recall) for Swannundaze. I grabbed all he would part with (probably a lifetime supply) for the overback on my scud pattern. If anyone is interested, he might still have the contact info. | |
| Wbranch | April 2nd, 2009, 5:20 pm | |
| York & Starlight PA Posts: 559 | I have forty packages of various colors and widths. The packages I have are marked; F.A. Johnson Inc. Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 I bought these about twenty years ago. If you don't tie that type of body often each package can last pretty much your life of tying. | |
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| GONZO | April 2nd, 2009, 5:28 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1313 | I still have some of those old packages as well, but most of the Swannundaze that Louis located has a "Super Fly" label. It still says that it is a "product of USA," so I have no idea who manufactures it now (or even if they still do). | |
| Shawnny3 | April 2nd, 2009, 7:12 pm | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 831 | I know you have a bit of a religious attachment to your Swannundaze scud pattern, Gonzo. Have you found that it fishes significantly differently from one tied with a normal soft-plastic back, all other parts being equal? What I'm really asking is if it's worth my trying to get a hold of this stuff. -Shawn | |
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| GONZO | April 2nd, 2009, 8:08 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1313 | I know you have a bit of religious attachment to your Swannudaze scud pattern... I not sure what you've heard, Shawn, but the attachment isn't religious, it's just fine gold wire. What I'm really asking is if it's worth my trying to get a hold of this stuff. After reading the description of your Scud Dun in the "April Fool's" thread, I frankly don't know how to answer that. What are you planning to do with it? No, wait, don't answer that. I don't think I want to know. (Shawn, for a serious answer, check your PMs.) | |
| Mcjames | April 3rd, 2009, 7:41 am | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 128 | WBranch that's very generous of you! I'll make you a deal: in exchange for the Swanundaze, I'll send you some wiggle patterns, and you can conduct the wiggle vs. non wiggle tests that everyone is clamoring for. | |
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| Patcrisci | April 3rd, 2009, 8:56 am | |
| Lagrangeville, NY Posts: 107 | WB, I also have a few packages of Swannundaze with the Frank Johnson marking. My favorites are the translucent colors that I use over threads, flosses or fur dubbings for bodies of stonefly nymphs and caddis pupae. I find that if you gently heat a strand of Swannundaze it becomes more pliable and easier to work with (it can be a bit stiff) and you can stretch it thinner to make small flies. | |
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| Patcrisci | April 3rd, 2009, 9:00 am | |
| Lagrangeville, NY Posts: 107 | In the photo mcjames sent the abdomen of the larger of the two stoneflies looks very much like it could be made of Swannundaze. | |
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| Mcjames | April 3rd, 2009, 11:48 am | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 128 | the abdomen is actually made of some kind of plastic cord from my kids' beading kit. It really is a garbage fly | |
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