Foam Cricket V3 Materials: Pheasant tail fiber for Antenna and knob legs Close cell foam – Black, Brown, Tan or Yellow Tape Wing or Hen Saddle ( cemented ) as Wings Hook – Gamakatsu B10S size 8 and 6 ( specially for Malaysian fish ) / TMC 2302 ( for trout ) Goose biots for […]
Foam Extended Abdomen Stonefly X Version 2.0 Tis is another variation of my Stonefly X pattern… simplified the steps and quicker tying for fishing, with a rounder abdomen, higher floatation… but overall the idea are similar… The Stonefly X with floating yarn as wing The Stonefly X 2.0 with additional foam at belly for extra […]
Foam Extended Abdomen Stonefly X Picture of Stonefly from the website Material List: 2mm Close Cell foam Barred rubber legs Goose biot Pheasant Tail fibers Polypropylene Floating Yarn Dubbing Daiichi 1167 Klinkhamer Hook size 8 and 10 Step by step tying instructions: Prepare a sewing needle.. wind in some thread Cut 2 pcs of […]
Articulate Burrowing Foam Nymph V2.0 Re-look into the old pattern, this one is much easier to tie, playing with Palmer Chenille as the gills which the ‘blink blink’ effect may looks like air bubbles trap at the abdomen.. Image from the net on the nymph Materials: Palmer Chenille by Wapsi 1.5mm thick close cell foam […]
ICE AGE Mice I tie this pattern for Mongolia, my friend said it looks like the Squirrel in the movie ICE AGE… So…. I decided to name it the Ice Age Mice View from below View from top Materials: 3mm thk close cell foam TMC 202SP size 1/0 or bigger Squirrel zonker Rubber legs 80Ibs […]
Extended Abdomen Hopper X Preparing for my Mongolia trip this coming September, I need to tie a hopper pattern that float high and easy to see… Picture of the […]
Latex Dragonfly Nymph Source of imitation – actual Dragonfly nymph Some Dragonfly nymph that I tie Tie in transparent tape Tie in foam Tie in latex and the latest tie in latex… with much simple steps.. with extra features.. more fishable Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu S11-4L size 8 Latex strip cut from a normal […]
Corrugated Foam Cricket V3 This cricket pattern was design in early year 2008, when I 1st came out with simple version of Version1, then Version2.. Version3 was a more realistic and complete version, and now I found a corrugated foam just right for the cricket. Black and brown color Cricket – source of imitation The […]
A realistic Foam Mice Another version of foam Mice – BB Mice A lot people been asking me what is the material of the tail for my foam Mice… my answer is: It’s just a strip cut from latex/rubber band So some ask, how do you cut a latex/rubber…? What you need is just tape […]
Foam Cockroach Fly The Cockroaches – actual species of imitation This is a pattern that I tie in 2008… the foam Cockroaches pattern. The Materials: 2mm Thk close cell foam Size 8 Daichi 2110 Pheasant tail fiber as antenna Goose biot knob legs Turkey biots as tails Peacock herls Magic tape and Pheasant feather as […]