The last flies of this week

[fishyjames]

OK so you have to endure my creations for one last time, but the latest flies didn't turn out too badly, here we go





I know that cats whiskers should have a bead or bead chain eyes, but this is a first, and I have no beads, it was more practice and an experiment than anything.

Thanks for looking and I hope you liked them, James

[flytyingguy]

Mate, there superb, i love that shipmans - dont worry about the cats - i tie competition cats on sz 14s with no bead eyes - your fritz taddie is a cracker too - youre coming on leaps and bound - Me, id fish those buzzers any day - well donea nd good to see your stiking into it - it'll keep ye out of trouble

[fortbhoy]

not bad james you can see you are getting better every fly you post
i like the suspender buzzer your proportions are spot on' you just need to be a bit neater with your varnish. start off with a thin coat then add another once the first has fully dried. i usually apply 4 coats on my buzzers.
go onto youtube and watch davie mcphail he'll show you hows it's done

[fishyjames]

Thanks for the comments, the varnish prblem may be because I am using my mum's nail varnish at the moment, have not been able to get any proper varnish yet.

Thanks again, much appreciated James

[salmoman]

Nail varnish is nail varnish

All you need do is add a little drop of nail varnish remover to the bottle and thin it down a touch.

[black knight]

They're looking good fishy james. Could just do with them for a meet tomorrow.

BK

[fishyjames]

Thanks BK, much appreciated, here is one more on request from x dave x, or Dave, Shipmans Rottweiler, made from rottweiler hair dubbing that he was kind enough to send me along with a few other materials.



Hope you like, could be better as it was a bit rushed.

James

[r ian]

Your doing really well mate! on lures with wings try to match the length of the wing with the tail, thorax on buzzers still a little large, i tied loads of buzzers and thought all was well until i saw a pic on here of them and saw straight away how out of proportion they were, keep it up mate, ian

[flytier07]

Nice flies James. Glad to see you're a real innovator already using dubbing material easy to hand. I've used hair from my cats for quite a while now and they work very well. Keep practising!

[fishyjames]

Originally Posted by flytier07

Nice flies James. Glad to see you're a real innovator already using dubbing material easy to hand. I've used hair from my cats for quite a while now and they work very well. Keep practising!

Thanks flytier07, I like using dubbing, don't know why, i just do, I have two cats myself, and have ofthen wondered what their fur would be like for dubbing, they moult a lot, and don't worry, I try to practice whenever I can