FLY TYING & JIG TYING

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Comment by Tim C. Homesley on February 20, 2012 at 6:26am

I've been using these little lindy jigs on trout all winter, anybody ever use them on bluegill ?

Comment by LedHed on December 14, 2010 at 7:47am

Hola amigos

Got a new web site started that might be of interest to all the tyers here. Check out Jigcraft.com for some  jig tutorials and a jig photo gallery.

Comment by Mike Tegel on December 12, 2010 at 1:44pm

John,  How do I get a hold of a few of those crabs. I am willing to trade some home made feather and hair jigs. Those crabs look very cool.

Comment by Greg McWilliams on October 13, 2010 at 9:29am

Thanks John, Now the Stongest Glue on the Planet has another purpose. Gillin

Comment by John C Watson on October 13, 2010 at 8:06am

Not so innovative, I saw how to use the Gorilla Glue on YouTube. However, the crabs, frogs and mouse are my experiments.

The entire body is made of the White Quick Dry Gorilla Glue. The glue is activated by a drop of water and cures as a foam.

The foam floats great. It is a bit of a problem trying to learn when to try to apply the foam to a hook and how to keep moving it to make it stay where you want it.

The Frog and Crab bodies are made by mixing a dime size amount of glue on some wax paper then laying the hook in the glue until it foams up and hardens. The wax paper will peal off, and a small amount of glue can be spread on the bottom if you want a rounder bottom or left as is for a flat bottom body.

The video on Youtube really does explain the basics well. My favorite is the ant bodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRp7I1Ll5Rs

I am glad to answer any questions.

John

Comment by Greg McWilliams on October 13, 2010 at 6:40am

John, Do these gorilla glue flies float?? Very innovative and great looking flies!!!!!!

Comment by Tim Roberts on October 13, 2010 at 6:19am

John, I havent worked with the stuff yet. Is the whole body made out of the glue?

Comment by John C Watson on October 12, 2010 at 3:44pm

I have been at the bench lately playing with a number of things, but mostly using white Gorilla Glue to make foam flies. I have made several ant variations as well as crabs, frogs, mouse and the like that are of the size to use for bass. It is a lot of fun trying to see what you can get the glue to do while it expands and cures.

I am attaching a few pictures to show what I have been up to.

Comment by HughScott on September 23, 2010 at 12:46pm

WHAT AN IDEA. HEADING TO THE DOLLAR STORE FOR SOME NAILS. THANKS FOR THE INFO.

Comment by John C Watson on September 23, 2010 at 11:12am

I had an idea to make some light weight spoons that I could use fly fishing. I decided to use acrylic fingernails and epoxied hooks to them, shaped the nail and decorated them to my liking. Haven't had time to try them out other than in the kitchen sink where they seem to flutter pretty well. Can't wait to see if I can fool a panfish into hitting one.

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