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Johnno 
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,14:20 |
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Wilkie's Wee Brown Terrestrial
Shaun's Crazy Ass Bling Beetle
MattyD's two Loves Lures
Rudy's Double Humpy Comparadun
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"I never understood the appeal of flyfishing Jim. It's too much like masturbation for me, without the payoff".
( Gabriel Shear - Swordfish )
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Johnno
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,14:25 |
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Pomahaka's Rubberlegged Parachute Stimmie Thing
Sage's two Willow Grubs
Icthusiasts Deerhair RubberLegs Monstrosity
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"I never understood the appeal of flyfishing Jim. It's too much like masturbation for me, without the payoff".
( Gabriel Shear - Swordfish )
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Johnno
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,14:30 |
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Jafa,s Fat Assed Bastard
Matuka's Blowfly
Johnno's Turck's Power Ant (Varn)
Johnno's HiViz Foam Post Ant
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"I never understood the appeal of flyfishing Jim. It's too much like masturbation for me, without the payoff".
( Gabriel Shear - Swordfish )
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Johnno
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,14:51 |
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Turck's Power Ant Variation.
Hook: 10 - 16
Thread Black or Olive
Rear Body: mix of dyed olive hare, a smidge of olive enhancer and some yellow - olive sealex
Underwing: Clear antron
Overwing: White bucktail
Hackle: dark olive dyed grizzle
Front Body: Black rabbit with a smidge of dark enhancer
HiViz Foam Post Ant:
Hook: 14 - 16 med shank
Thread: Black
Body: Rainey's Black HiViz Foam post
Hackle: Black. Some will have got a parachute hackle rather than regular.
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"I never understood the appeal of flyfishing Jim. It's too much like masturbation for me, without the payoff".
( Gabriel Shear - Swordfish )
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matuka
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,15:03 |
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Great flies everyone!
Wonderful photography Johnno. Thanks again for organising the swap - you did a fantastic job (as usual).
matuka
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duck-kila
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,16:36 |
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Excellent flies Cheers to all who tied flies.Thanks Johnno for all your work.
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Mike Wilkinson
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,17:28 |
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Brilliant... eagerly awaiting their arrival now 
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jafa
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Posted on: Dec. 08 2010,21:24 |
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Jafa's Fat Arsed Bastard pattern:
Hook: Tiemco 9300 size 10
Thread: Black 6-0 Unithread
Underbody: 2mm black foam
Mid body: 2mm olive foam
Wing: pearl krystal flash
Legs: medium rubber legs black
Head: olive glister dubbing
Foam wing: 2mm green foam
Over-Head: 2mm green foam.
The basic pattern is as per the Harrison Steeve's Katydid, a bit hard to explain, but google that for overall instructions if you haven't got his book. My variation on that, colours excepted, was to downsize it to 10, add more bulk to the underbody, the method used as in the Hopper Juan pattern, see link.
http://hopperjuan.blogspot.com/2009/05/hopper-juan-tying-steps.html
My reason for the changes was to get more flotation to the body, as the foam over wing "floats" a bit higher off the body and initially i wasn't that confident how much it contributed to the flotation. It seems to have worked. Note that I doubt if it is as much of a floater as the Fat albert fly. (I haven't had a chance at tying that yet.)
I'm really interested in seeing the details of the other patterns, some really great flies that I'm itching to use and then imitate.
Finally, thank you once again for your efforts Johnno.
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Shaun
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Posted on: Dec. 09 2010,08:10 |
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Lookin good guys.
Bling Beetle:
Hook: TMC100 size 12-16
Underbody: 2mm foam (tie a stip down each side of the hook to give the beetle profile)
Dubbing: Swisher Gen X black
Back: Loco foam or Loco skin
Head: Black peacock dubbing
Easy peasey
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duck-kila
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Posted on: Dec. 09 2010,12:48 |
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Even though my flies is not there in pic.
Here the recipe
Hook 6 to 12
Body Foam tied in a long body front to rear
and dubbed ,than pull forward and tied.
tie in deer hair tips to rear
fold foam back towards rear and tie in
2to3mm from eye and trim to form head.
Can have rubber leg if you wish
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