pittendrigh
07-06-2007, 05:20 PM
Woven body nymphs, like the venerable George's Brownstone, were
invented in order to produce a life-like two-tone body. Golden
Stonefly nymphs, for instance, have a strikingly yellow underbody.
Another way to get the same effect is to layer two colors
of soft open-cell foam around a horizontal needle. Then,
once the body blank is made, add some wire weight to a hook,
wrap the wire with a soft gingery hackle and then mount the
foam body.
http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/Fly-Tying/Sandy-Pittendrigh/Nymphs/Sandys-Brownstone/Sandys-Brown-Stone-top.html
tails: yellow rubber leg sewed into the foam body
body: Two-tone soft open cell-foam tied onto a beading needle
thread: brown flat waxed nylon
hook: straight eye hopper hook
weight: brass wire wrapped and super glued to the hook
hackle: soft ginger
*I make the foam body blanks by dying cheap cleanup sponges
with rit dye. Then I cut them up with a round, rolling fabric
cutting knife (from the ladies sewing store).
invented in order to produce a life-like two-tone body. Golden
Stonefly nymphs, for instance, have a strikingly yellow underbody.
Another way to get the same effect is to layer two colors
of soft open-cell foam around a horizontal needle. Then,
once the body blank is made, add some wire weight to a hook,
wrap the wire with a soft gingery hackle and then mount the
foam body.
http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/Fly-Tying/Sandy-Pittendrigh/Nymphs/Sandys-Brownstone/Sandys-Brown-Stone-top.html
tails: yellow rubber leg sewed into the foam body
body: Two-tone soft open cell-foam tied onto a beading needle
thread: brown flat waxed nylon
hook: straight eye hopper hook
weight: brass wire wrapped and super glued to the hook
hackle: soft ginger
*I make the foam body blanks by dying cheap cleanup sponges
with rit dye. Then I cut them up with a round, rolling fabric
cutting knife (from the ladies sewing store).