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Stinger
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:14 pm
by lykos33
A week of fighting hornets all over the house, inside and out, and suddenly ...inspiration strikes, along with a hornet...right in the eyebrow... 
Re: Stinger
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:49 pm
by letumgo
Wicked fly, Murray. What hook did you use? It has a really cool profile.
Re: Stinger
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:57 pm
by William Anderson
Murray, way to put a positive spin on a painful event. I've never been stung by a hornet, but if and when...I hope to walk away with inspiration like this. Your Stinger would make a great little pattern around here about now.
Re: Stinger
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:10 pm
by Smuggler
Nice, I like this a lot. Sorry to hear about your eyebrow, damn hornets are nasty.
Re: Stinger
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:09 am
by Donald Nicolson
A very nice fly, what is the recipe?
Re: Stinger
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:06 am
by gig
An original, very cool indeed
Re: Stinger
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:10 pm
by lykos33
Thanks folks. The recipe follows....
Hook: Allen 2302 #10
Tail: red floss combed out (thanks Ray for the idea)
Rear third body: Fly Tyers Dung. "Coarse and Wet" black
Middle Third Body: yellow FTD Skeeter Fuzz
Front third Body: FTD "Coarse and Wet" black
Hackle: White Hen Hackle
Thread: Black Flymaster 6/0
Re: Stinger
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:32 pm
by gingerdun
Murray,
interesting mix of materials, beautifully put together.
Thanks for showing this to us.
Lance
Re: Stinger
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:52 pm
by hankaye
Murry, Howdy;
Hate the inspiration method but the results
are great!
Now the question ... does it sink or swim???
hank
Re: Stinger
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:06 pm
by Mataura mayfly
Sweet fly, could be named "eyebrow revenge"..... could think of less painful ways to be inspired though.