rubberbands and garbage bags?
rubberbands and garbage bags?
why not. . . . with trout season on the horizon and the cold, wet weather keeping me close to the woodstove I've been messin' around with all kinds of goofy materials to pass the time. .
The "Rubber-Butt, Garbage-Back Salmon fly Nymph"
the recipe:
body/underbody - a rubber band
legs/tail - turkey biot ( or 'other' material )
thorax - dubbing ( or yarn, or chenel, or whatever else you want )
shellback - 1/4" strip of a lawn and leaf bag
tie on the rubberband (tight, so it wont twist) and the tail biots backwards as shown.
wrap the rubberband ONCE and bend the tail biots back over the first wrap. Continue to wrap the rubberband adjusting the overlap to form the ridges.
tie on the strip of garbage bag and the legs. Notice they aren't evenly spaced, I'll use the underbody and dubbing to space and keep them separated.
wrap the band the rest of the way to space the legs and add bulk.
wind the thread back and add the dubbing thorax, notice I started BEHIND the back legs. ( In hindsight I should of went a little further back with the dubbing, the naturals are close to 1/2 abdomen and 1/2 thorax+head )
half way to the head pull the plastic strip forward and tie it off, pull it back again and add more body material OVER where you tied it off.( this will prevent the 'ant body' shape and make more of a shellback effect ) Keep using the body material to space and separate the legs.
add body material until you like the shape, pull the rest remaining plastic forward to create a second shellback and tie it off. ( I didn't really leave room for a head on this fly, It's more of a salmonfly imitation and they have little heads, adjust as you see fit )
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note: the "turkey biots" are just what I used, this same look can be achieved by strips of 'garbage bag' trimmed to shape, monofilament colored with a sharpie pen, feathers ,rubber leg material, whatever looks good to you, If your WAY OUT OF CONTROL; tie knots in your material to form knees and elbows on the legs, if you think it looks cool. . .
grab that black sharpie pen and color/mottle/darken/fill in the rubberband abdomen.
I filled in side to side on the top and lightly brushed front to back on the underside.
top view:
underside view:
there it is.
This isn't something I'll tie a bunch of and fish with or anything ( I like my smurf stones just fine ) just messing around and thought I'd share another "look what I found around the house and made a bug with" pattern.
Thanks for lookin,
~Jimmy~
