Dragon Flies for J Moe

A couple of proto types for Mr J Moe when I next see him. Pretty unsinkable with deer hair bodies and spun hair thorax. One with a spent hackle wing and the other a synthetic wing
Mike

Super nice.

Nice, but how did you make an extended body with deer hair and get the tip to taper in vs. flaring out??? I don't see any thread on the end of it.

Of course, I realize that this is kind of like asking a magician how he cut the girl in half... I probably wouldn't understand if you told me.

Hi Rex
Its tied on a needle then pulled off the tip of the body is deer hair reversed back on itself............hard to explain. Come to the Tying / fishing EXPO in May and I will show you

Mike

You are the man!!!!

I bet there is an 8 lb. bass just waiting for one of these. Hope the trees don't get them first, LOL!!!

Awesome!

Mike, I purchased some of that wing material. Have you ever used that material for wings on a dragon fly?

I wonder if they will propeller like the ones I tied last year with the plastic for wings. If so, I'll use Ben's trick and add a micro swivel. I purchased some last year but never used them. I was only catching small bass on those flies so I ended up giving up on them.

Any plastic spent wings will spin the fly during casting but you could experiment with the material you have brought and let us know
Mike

Very nice!