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Published Mar 15. 2008 - 16 years ago
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Atlantic Herring
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[i:0a78f92e82][u:0a78f92e82][b:0a78f92e82]PharSideBigEyezInsinuation...[/b:0a78f92e82][/u:0a78f92e82][/i:0a78f92e82] w/ Tuffleye Acrylic head...
[img:0a78f92e82]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/BigEyezInsinuation.jpg[...
[img:0a78f92e82]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/TankTest2a.jpg[/img:0a7...
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3D Eyez under Tuffleye acrylic...
[img:343504524a]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/KeelHook.jpg[/img:34350...
petegray
Hi Pete
Hi Pete
Awesome tie .. what hook is that on ?
Andy
So many Hooks...So little Time...
G'Day Andy...
The hook in the Dyna-King jaws is a Mustad Signature Series 4/0 Tarpon... (strong/heavy/durable)
The keel hook just prior to your inquiry is an Owner Cutting Point Rig'N Hook 5/0...(#5137-151) I fish it over estuary muscle beds and eel grass and congured up a snagless design.
Below is another more involved keel hook version on an Owner Cutting Point "Oversize Hook" 7/0 (#5110-171) Fished/drifted slowly on a floating line in low light during the Spring Herring estuary parade...
[img:87be498dde]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/KeelHookInsinuation-1.j...
petegray
Devil 'n Blend synthetic, buck tail, Tuffleye hybrid...
TMC 600SP 3/0...
[img:968d5470a7]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P3280715.jpg[/img:968d5...
[img:968d5470a7]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P3280718.jpg[/img:968d5...
with a few simple modifications you have an Atlantic Halfbeak [tuna candy]...
[img:968d5470a7]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P4270799.jpg[/img:968d5...
[img:968d5470a7]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P4270801.jpg[/img:968d5...
petegray
'das Juvenile Delinquent Clupea Harengus...
aka: [i:eeefa1c142][b:eeefa1c142]Herring Impaired...[/b:eeefa1c142][/i:eeefa1c142]
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7719.jpg[/img:eeefa...
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7717.jpg[/img:eeefa...
:roll:
[i:eeefa1c142]high-low tied, acrylic enhanced[/i:eeefa1c142]...
some more white... less golden olive... some crystal phlash...
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7725.jpg[/img:eeefa...
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7720.jpg[/img:eeefa...
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7727.jpg[/img:eeefa...
[img:eeefa1c142]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7731.jpg[/img:eeefa...
Bada BING... Bada BOOM...
petegray
Phinally got to where I was going...
[b:9174e0fadf]When I get an idea, the initial notion will inevitably [i:9174e0fadf]morph[/i:9174e0fadf]...
The end result is the product of manipulating material to arrive at a target compromise of shape, colour, and texture...
Sometimes the evolution comes together nicely in defined [i:9174e0fadf]stages[/i:9174e0fadf]...
Being able to capture the image makes the R&D aspects more rewarding and much easier to share with friends in the tying community... [/b:9174e0fadf]
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7747.jpg[/img:9174e...
[b:9174e0fadf]I was initially trying to insinuate a juvenile... the next was more adolescent...
and phinally, a mature ocean bound herring...[/b:9174e0fadf]
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7757.jpg[/img:9174e...
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7745.jpg[/img:9174e...
[b:9174e0fadf]more [i:9174e0fadf]obsessive compulsive tweeeekin'[/i:9174e0fadf]... after the fact, I decided to spot weld on a hint of salmon...
gotta' love that magic voodoo acrylic! [/b:9174e0fadf]
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7763.jpg[/img:9174e...
[b:9174e0fadf]the esteemed [i:9174e0fadf]phocus group[/i:9174e0fadf] will always have the phinal word...[/b:9174e0fadf]
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/2006-02-24013.jpg[/img:...
das PHOOD CHAIN...
[img:9174e0fadf]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/PA100006.jpg[/img:9174e...
petegray
'more tweeeeking...
and tingering with David's magic voodoo Bug-Bond...
[img:6d6565e675]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7777.jpg[/img:6d656...
[img:6d6565e675]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_7780.jpg[/img:6d656...
petegray
Sandy Neck on the Cape of Cod...
Tuffleye FLEX and Devil N' Blend...
[img:f2ebf5803f]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P5151511.jpg[/img:f2ebf...
[img:f2ebf5803f]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_8476.jpg[/img:f2ebf...
petegray
I don't fly fish in the sea
[b:15210a2491]I don't fly fish in the sea much, but being an east coast Scot, I do know
something about herring. They were the staple diet of my ancestors for centuries.
Those look good enough to eat. :lol:
That fish you caught looks a beauty.[/b:15210a2491]
'been a while... 'still alive and kickin...
Bug-Bond, Super Hair, Crystal Flash, 3D Eyez... Bada BING, Bada BOOM...
[img:4597e38bfe]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_8498.jpg[/img:4597e...
[img:4597e38bfe]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_8494.jpg[/img:4597e...
[img:4597e38bfe]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_8496.jpg[/img:4597e...
[img:4597e38bfe]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_8503.jpg[/img:4597e...
'even a blind squirrel finds a nut... 'soonerorlater...
[img:4597e38bfe]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P6221528.jpg[/img:4597e...
petegray
Pete,
Pete,
Nice fly! As always...
And now you're tying on a Norlander vice.
Like my Dutch friend Hans Weilenmann: a man of many vices!? ;-)
Martin
'way back in the 1900's...
[b:24f2a85073][img:24f2a85073]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1211455.jpg[/img:24f2a...
Norm and Ruthie [CEO & Chair-person of the Board] on tour...
This photo was taken just before the doors opened at the 2011 Somerset Fly Fishing Show in New Joizey last January...
I first met Norm and Ruthie way back in the late 80's at the Marlboro FF Show in Taxachusetts... the beginning of a genuine friendship...
My vise [at the time] was an HMH which served me very well and is still in my collection of venerable "kinetic sculptures"...
After watching Norm do his thing, I made the investment and I've never had any regrets...
The "Automatic Bobbin" completes the package and is brilliant phrosting on the cake!...
EVERY time I get to watch Norm, I ALWAYS learn a few more amazing tricks...
And I ALWAYS enjoy spending time with quality and innovative tools [Lord knows, I have more than my fair share]...
Nor-Vise... NO regrets! [/b:24f2a85073]
petegray