At the sight it looks like an owner AKI but I tied it on a team catfish jackhammer. super sharp and really strong for big mean toothy critters
http://www.teamcatfish.com/store/product...f10f3eb55ba4057

I did a few more views on it too

flashabou drooped down in that pic

this one might be a bit better than the one I posted originally


peace
~PB

They all look mighty fishy to me. I asked about the hook because it looked too short for a clouser. I would have had serious eye crowding problems with that short a shank.

Don't pay much attention to my head scratchings - that clouser looks like a serious fish catcher.

we missed this thread's birthday! it turned 1 year old 4 days ago!

I tied some more clousers today, with a couple little poppers to go with e'm.

little circle hook clouser

craw colored clouser

another

Now for the poppers.




A little nymph for carp and 'gills. The grey dubbing on the body is underfur I brushed off my Grandpa's cat mixed with some ice dub and peacock dubbing. Thorax is peacock dubbing with a peacock herl wingcase and soft hackle legs. Tail is peacock swords and the little feelers are rubber legs. This thing is really buggy looking!




And finally

I cannot believe this thread is a year old. I had no idea till you said it. It is a great thread though, lots of cool stuff on here. Pond Bass, your Clousers are just great. I really think you did a nice job on them. I like your tying shack too. I bet you spend a long time in there. Keep up the good work!

oh, i need to post some pix of my new spoons

That one has an especially tall, shad-like, vertical profile to it. How do you get it . . . by stacking the material more than spreading it forward?

That is a mighty buggy looking nymph.

The 2nd popper begs the question - when was that last time you ate at or watched a Jack-in-the-box commercial?

Happy Birthday, thread!

It seems that all the best fly tiers use Peak vises.

a shrimp, with clear cure goo thin as the hard shell

Speaking of Clear Cure Goo, I heard they are coming out with a non-tacky version in a couple of weeks. Now that is great...it just opens up more options for the fly tyers...I made some jig head clousers yesterday in size 4. They look pretty good. I used an epoxy on them to protect the eyes and thread. I believe I will try them today with Bug Bond, and see what the difference is. It takes a bunch more time, but I think they are a bit showier, and sturdier as well. My daughter must of taken off with my memory card from my camera, so I might have to resort to taking pictures with the old camera. I just hate that.

Llano bugs, lots and lots of Llano bugs

As moderator I am going to have to ask you to move one of these images to July FOTM thread

Uh NO!!! The rules say no culling!!!

Oh, he already has one in there. Alas....