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  • Nov 23, 2006 at 1:10 am #6306
    Mike Anderson
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    I put together a few pics of some big flies tied with that Icelandic Sheep hair. This stuff is Sweeet!

    6″ Toothy Critter flies. Yea I know they have spinners… I just have to see how they do on the Musky.

    Skipjack Killer!

    Nov 23, 2006 at 6:43 am #55250
    Carter Simcoe
    Member

    Nice, I would suggest getting some piano wire and integrating those smaller spinners directly into the pattern.

    Nov 23, 2006 at 2:25 pm #55251
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    I agree those are nice looking ties.

    Nov 23, 2006 at 3:30 pm #55252
    Mike Anderson
    Member

    Thanks guys!

    Carter if I had a good way to crimp the wire I would have gone that path. Do you recommend a good wire crimping system? I am new to wire so maybe there is a better way. I tried crimping a bite leader last year with my electrical crimpers but it didn’t last very long.

    Zach sometimes mixing in just a few long bucktail hairs will help hold everything together better.

    Nov 26, 2006 at 3:33 am #55253
    Carter Simcoe
    Member

    Mike, in the past I’ve just stuck it in a vice (not a fly vice but a real shop vice) and then bent it by bending it over with a thick piece of flat metal.

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