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Old 11-12-2010, 02:16 PM
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Started playing with mono bodys.......................Ended up with this



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Old 11-12-2010, 02:19 PM
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It's quite clear that looks like a good fly
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Old 11-12-2010, 02:33 PM
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The Glacier bug! Nice one.
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Old 11-12-2010, 02:45 PM
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Wonder what it would like with red ice hmm
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Old 11-12-2010, 06:56 PM
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Nice fly !!! thinner mono over a 'carrot shaped' glo-floss body ? Hmmmmm

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Old 12-12-2010, 09:32 AM
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Heres a couple more ................


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Simply put green or red holo tinsel under the mono !
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Old 12-12-2010, 09:47 AM
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Old 12-12-2010, 09:55 AM
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good flies , the green one is better of the two ,only because the mono for me comes to far around the bend on the red one
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:52 PM
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That is fine work
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Old 12-12-2010, 03:39 PM
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Good looking fly and variations, it will certainly catch a few fish. I tie a similar fly myself with a pearl mylar underbody and clear magic glass which works a treat for me.

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sorry about the poor picture, but macro and my camera don't seem to mix

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