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He looks innocent enough but is secretly in to choking his victims with sharkskin fly line while they are in the front of the boat.
I found the above while surfing the web, don’t know if it applies but it sounds similar to what I saw being done.
7: Splatter Finish: If a splatter or webbed finish is desired, you mix 2 parts of the colored gel coat with 1 part of clear webbing solution. You may vary the ratio of color to webbing solution for different effects. Pour approximately 1-2 inches into a standard spray gun; add the appropriate amount of catalyst, and spray. The coverage depends on how fast you move the gun. I put 2 coats on the inside of a Jeep with 1” of mixture in a spray gun. You do not need to add surfacing agent to this mixture, as the webbing solution will make the gel coat dry tack free. For best results, it should be sprayed while the base coat previously laid down is still tacky. This is obviously not possible if you have to walk on the base coat surface to get at the areas to be webbed. If there is a period of a day or longer between the base coat application and the splatter coat, decrease the catalyst a little to let the mixture of the webbing solution stay liquid a little longer. One alternative method is to apply the base (gel) coat without surfacing agent, spray the webbing on from outside the boat, and then PVA the entire surface to make it dry tack-free. See section 3 above. Webbing solution is a lacquer-based material and can be used with lacquer paint, polyester-based resin and gel coat, and polyester-based urethane like Awlgrip. It will not work with acrylic enamels, water-based paints, or acrylic-based urethanes like Imron. What the webbing solution does is to make the material that would come out in a fan change to strings. Increasing the amount of webbing solution tends to give a blotchy or spotty surface rather than stringy. You will also gel more blotches if the spray gun is aimed at a surface rather than along it. A smaller gun tip will give a finer splatter.
Any coated surface should be protected by waxingI know a guy who makes fiberglass drift boats and you can purchase webbing that you spray on with an air compressor and paint type sprayer?
Nice report Tim,
Those shots of the flies are unique and I didn’t even think to attempt that. Here are a few shots of some pics I touched between Friday night and Sunday night…
On a streamer:
On Hex Dry:
Jim,
In response to the question of warranty I would much prefer paying for a broken rod myself each time I break it.Unless you are in a boat I would arrive and bring some comfortable seating, beer food etc. a little earlier.
I am sure you found it, my friend who shared it with me last year lived in Ferndale and I am sure he found it around there.
Cameron,
All of my hex fishing last season was with one pattern and it made a killing. I have a couple left and should probably just buckle down and tie some up. It isn’t at all like any of the standards that you find in the fly shops up north. It has a looong extended body and a little short shank hook with some yellow dubbing and grizzley hackle. White poly for spent wings and some glow in the dark material on top. It is killer. If you meet me at the bridge I will give you one. Ha. :-X
Lake Michigan water temps in shore are about 40 right now, I am heading out this afternoon to look for browns.
