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Shawnny3	April 20th, 2010, 6:10 am
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 1108	Hello, everyone. I've attached a few photos of my latest tying project, the Golden Arrow. This past hunting season, my father harvested his 100th whitetail deer with a bow. I created the Golden Arrow for him to commemorate the achievement. The point, shaft, and nock were shaped from a single section of 18-karat gold, 16-gauge wire. The fletching was made from kori bustard and Amherst pheasant. The tying was done completely in hand, back to front, in three distinct sections, lacquering being completed after each step. This allowed the thread wraps to be completely lacquered without lacquer touching the scarlet floss. You may find a more complete description of my thought process here. Hope you enjoy it. -Shawn
	Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com
Falsifly	April 20th, 2010, 6:27 am
Hayward, WI. Posts: 442	Once again Shawn, absolutely outstanding!!!!!
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Martinlf	April 20th, 2010, 7:48 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1722	Cool, Shawn.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Martinlf	April 20th, 2010, 7:48 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1722	Cool, Shawn.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Flatstick96	April 20th, 2010, 10:25 am
Posts: 114	Really sweet - can't wait to see it in person. What was the overall length?
Shawnny3	April 20th, 2010, 5:23 pm
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 1108	Thanks, guys. -Shawn
	Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com
Wiflyfisher	April 20th, 2010, 5:30 pm
Wisconsin Posts: 397	Shawn, that is awesome! So will your Dad use that to spear the trout? :)
	John S. http://www.WiFlyFisher.com http://flypatternsfortrout.com/
JAD	April 20th, 2010, 5:44 pm
Alexandria Pa Posts: 362	Shawn that is remarkable, I'll take a dozen. JAD
	They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax. Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
Lastchance	April 20th, 2010, 6:39 pm
Portage, PA Posts: 219	Beautiful!
Shawnny3	April 21st, 2010, 6:34 pm
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 1108	Thanks again, guys. -Shawn
	Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com
CaseyP	April 21st, 2010, 8:41 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 557	oh, be still, my beating heart! (and this is by a chemist? Troutnuts really are amazing people!)
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

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