SF Blend Fire Tiger

[WJvE]

Thought I'd try my hand at a SBS!
Here goes

Meterial list
Gamakatsu B10S #4
#3 flat waxed thread (Black)
SF BLend colors Electric Yellow, Bleeding orange, Bleeding Red and bleeding Black! (I like the bleeding colors they stick out more!)
Eye's (Mine is pressed out from a Holographick ribbon bought from Chekkers using an old fold in erial)
Bug Bond UV Curing resin (for creating the dome eye's and the head!)

Step 1
Normal Hook in vice secure thread

Step 2


Tie in the first color SF as shown

Step 3


Secure the orange SF, this color (what ever you use) is like the main body so it's almost twise the amount of meterial as the first color!

Step 4


Tie in the colar, in this case Red SF It does not matter how long as it wil be trimed later on!

Step 5


At this stage I tie in the black overwing faceing forward it tends to help with the head profile!

Step 6


Tie in the top wing! The amount of meterial is more or less the same as the first color!

Step 7


Fold both the topwing and black overwing back and secure, form a head and wip finish twice( for safty sake)

Step 8


Useing the bug bond hold the top wing forward and up, and cure in position with UV light. This gives the fly a rounder shape head

Step 9


Useing super glue secure the eye's in the right position

[WJvE]

Step 10


Color in the pupil and add Bug Bond the eye, giving it a dome shape



Step 11


Shape the head also with Bug Bond and trim the colar and fly to the desired shape!!

Completed fly!


Cheers!!

O yes!! Her's a pic of the ribon I refer to

[gazzarowan]

nice tie

might be a little too much SF Blend though? maybe thin it out a bit.

also, maybe add some lead to the underbody to get it down?

like it though. i've also used the holographic ribbon for eyes before. haha, works well.

thanks for this

[WJvE]

Thanks Grazza!
I'll do a few thined out once as well! The lead is defenatly a option but I'll be using a Fast sinking line with the idee that that sould take the fly down fast! I hope!
Almost a endless supply of stick on eye's that!!

[Shamwari]

I loooooooove this fly....looove it

[gazzarowan]

the fast sink line will def get it down, i just think if the fly is very light, the current could wash it around the fly line but also you might have less contact with the fly on the retrieve without a bit of weight

lovely stuff

[WJvE]

Here's another one I did just with other colors and I added a lateral line

[RenierBez]

Mooi vliee Willem en soos jy bewys het werk hulle mooi met die tiervisse!