Been working on a lot of different patterns lately.
These are tied up for bass. Topwater floater/diver, APDIVER style. I get a lot of use of these. I keep one tied on from spring thru fall. I usually carry 3 flyrod setups in the boat.
I just upgraded from my "starter" vice to a nice rotary. What a difference! But sometimes its difficult to remember to let the features do the work! Stuck in my ways I suppose...
I was strongly considering the non true rotary vise by Wolf called the Apex. It's around $30 cheaper, same hefty build, same jaws and cam. There is a guy on youtube who makes a lot of nice shad and crappie ties, he uses the Apex in a position to allow it to rotate nicely, it would work well as a rotary vise if you didn't mind the "true rotary" aspect.
First ties off the new vise, and first attempts at Slumpbusters. I need some more practice at them, and pine squirrel strips. I think the rabbit zonkers are too big for these sized 6 streamer hooks? I realized as I was taking this pic that I measured a tail length from the hook eye and not the conehead, so they came out a little long.
Looks pretty good. I just tied some last weekend and my Rabbit strips are a good bit smaller and less dense. Yours could be Magnum Strips or just from a "hairy hare"... You can trim the length of the tail if you choose to...just by snipping only the hide...
They look good to me, if the fish are going to feed a fraction of an inch or a few extra hairs won't ,make a difference. You will always be your own worst critic, it is just the nature of the game.
You you need a few SJW in your tackle.... Tie up several colors and see what is the color for the day. I like to stat with a chartreuse and then proceed to red or pink.
Funny thing is I've almost always had some around. I just haven't used them much. Right now I have chartruess, natural, pink, and red, about 4 or 5 each, in my nymph box!
How you downloading? What program?. Photo bucket maybe?
I switched from my cell phone to the computer to see how it shows up on it. Seems you are using the uploader here on NCAngler. That is the only size you get, click on it and it will enlarge to a little bigger picture. If you want bigger pics use Photobucket. I am uploading mine on my cell phone using TapaTalk. Tapatalk is a free app. I use it to keep up with NCAngler and a couple others while I am on the go.
You using the Insert Image from NCAngler? My pics are loaded from my computer also, as are everyone elses, Using the image downloader here on NCAngler it will only show up small, click on the pic and it will be a little bigger. Using my cell phone and Tap a talk they come out full blown.
I back up a lot of my pics on Photobucket, then if I want to post a pic from there, just copy it from Photobucket and paste it here on NCAngler
Guys, if you'll create a photobucket account, or something similar, you can copy and paste the IMG link to your post here, and it'll be full-sized, if that's what you're looking to accomplish.
I copied and pasted from Drop box. Not sure how I even did it. Had some problems early on with an older computer that caused me to almost give up on sharing photos here. I am new at it, but hope to learn better ways from ncangler members. Thanks.
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