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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Foam Wasp This is a simple foam pattern imitate the Wasps. A terrestrial pattern for freshwater. The tying method are combine technique of foam hopper and Cicada X. Material: Abdomen – 2mm thick foam Hook – TMC 2312 size 8 – 12 Wings – Vinyl raffia coat with soft cement Legs – Rubber legs Thorax […]
Foam Caddis Pupae Caddis Pupae / Pupa pattern is widely tie by fly tier around the world, in Soft Hackle Wet Fly, Sparkle Pupa and Emergent Sparkle Pupa pattern.. They are mostly dead drift on the surface or in the bottom. The pupal stage of the caddis is feed selectively by trout during the hatches, […]
Popping Hopper This is a pattern inspired by a Balsa popper pattern that posted in the Flytyer Magazine… It’s a soft foam body hopper pattern that use a soft body pencil popper from Wapsi.. most ideal hook to use is Gamakatsu B10S. I’m tying it in hook size 4 match with popper same size. but […]
Spent Wings Foam Damselfly Material: Tail / abdomen – Cylinder Foam Wings – Dun Rooster Neck heckle Legs – Pheasant tail fibers Thorax – 2mm thick foam Eye – Loon Hard Head Dubbing to split the wings and legs Hook – B10S size 8 Step by step tying instructions: Tie in the abdomen […]
Foam Dragonfly Nymph Material: Hool – Gamalatsu S11-4L size 6 Body – 2mm Thick Close cell foam Wing – Tape Wing Legs – Knob Turkey Wing fiber Thorax – Thin Foam sheet Eye – Loon Hard Head Step by step tying instruction: Cut the foam to shape and mark the segment, cut the segment Bend […]