Sandeels

[Stevie]

some early season sandeel patterns, being tying lots of these recently, heres some i finished tonight. useing that horrible 30 min epoxy :twisted:

anyways happy enough with them



thats a mylar body giveing that to much epoxy effect in the front one




something a little different. epoxy eel with flatwing tails? :lol:



apologies for photos still useing my phone after my waterlogged camera accident

[troutheaven]

Try substituting the green with tan for a more realistic look.

[Stevie]

i have manys of times
i do a little tan etc too

however my results over the last couple of years clearly show greens/charetuses/lime greens/yellows/lavendor.

do much better than natural look.

[corky]

Nice sandeels Steve,the bass will be around soon enough hopefully.
Corky

[arkle]

On the last pic. I noticed that you tied the saddle hackles in tip first, is this to give them more "kick" ? Perhaps this is not the most secure method of tying them in even if the quills are double tied.