Foam Jungle Ants Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu B10S size 8-10 Abdomen and body – 3mm thk close cell foam Antenna – Brush fiber ( black ) Eye – Small drop of black Loon Hard Head Leg – Rubber legs Step by step tying instructions: Prepare the hook Tie in the 3mm thks close […]
Giant Jungle Ant A friend of mine came back from a fishing and bring back a specimen of big jungle ant…. he wants me to try tying him a Giant Jungle Ant… Some research fro the web show some of these jungle ants are as big as 2-3cm. in dark brown, red […]
DDH Leech variation This is a variation pattern spin off from Stu Thompson’s DDH Leech… a very effective pattern which recently caught me some Red Tail Cat fish… Stu’s Original DDH Leech have landed over 70 species. DDH Leech Variation Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu S11-4L size 8-6 Eye – Bead chain Tail – Marabou, Sili […]
LA Caddis Pupae Materials: Abdomen – Latex Glove strip Wing Case – Tape Wing Legs and Thorax – Dark Gray Elk hair Antenna – Pheasant tail fiber Hook – Mustad Wige Gap size 10-12 Dubbing and marker 3M surgical tape Step by step tying instructions: Prepare the hook, put in the lead wire for weight […]
DHA Tape Wing Caddis This is a pattern which came from the idea of DHA Sedge Material: Abdomen – Deer hair and Turkey Biot Wings – CDC and Tape Wing Legs – Deer Hair Fiber Antenna – Deer Hair Fiber Dubbing Step by step tying instructions: Prepare the lining on the hook Tie down […]
Adult Stonefly / Salmonfly This is a simplified version of the foam Semi Realistic Adult Stonefly pattern that I tie last year. I have replace the Wing material with Vinyl Rafia material and replaced the legs with rubber legs. Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu S11-4L size 10-8 Tails – Grizzly hackle stem Abdomen and body – […]
Semi Realistic Dragonfly Nymph This is a fishable Semi Realistic Dragonfly nymph that I developed in 2009… the nymph was tied with a commercial transparent acrylic doubled side tape. Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu S11-4L size 8 Inner body – lead wire, foam and 3M surgery tape Tail – Biot Abdomen and body – Transparent Acrylic […]
Jointed Damsel Nymph ( JDN ) This is a very simple jointed nymph pattern that use very minimum material and simple steps The Materials: Hook – TMC 2488 size 10 Abdomen – Wire frame with Ostrich Palm fiber Thorax and Legs – Pheasant Tail fiber Eye – Burn mono eye Belly and body – Lead […]
Foam Caddis Pupae Material: Abdomen – 2mm thick close cell foam Abdomen hair – Ostrich Palm fiber Leg and Wing Case – Pheasant Tail fiber Thorax – 2mm thick close cell foam Head and eye – foam eye profile with Loon Hard Head Belly – Dubbing Lead and markers Step by step tying instructions: Put […]