Traditionalists...... look away!

[DUBBN]

I am thinking about using midge tubing with different colored Krystalflash or wire to make those wing pads. There is alot of possibility with this application. Well done!

[Mataura mayfly]

Ray, that was the idea behind that last one, it will probably join the fly boxes here and be used.

Thanks for the encouragement Donald.

Wayne, woo-hoo! My battle is won, If I can get just one other to think outside the square and have a go wityh these odd creations then I have achieved all I set out to do. Make sure you post your variations.

[gig]

Those last two flies are truely amazing, they look so alive, really imaginative fly tying:)

[Old Hat]

Yes I like the last two especially.

I used to use this type of tubing for extended body dries. Microfibbets in one end for tails. A little trick I learned from Shane Stalcup was to heat a pair of toothy forceps and crimp them onto the tubing while still hot. They will form a beautifully segmented body by slightly melting the tubbing. When I saw those first flies I though how nice it might look to try this technique on the tubing before sliding it on the hook.

We do have ($1) stores and you can find it there at times. At least on west side of the country.