Hopper Roach

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Comment by Leo Nguyen on August 14, 2014 at 12:52pm

Wow! Great job!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on August 14, 2014 at 11:12am

Thanks for both, Jim.
Buggy is really the point, in my eyes. I watch the activity on the water, and I see the fish practically tripping over themselves to catch any flitting thing that comes near. This was really inspired by a leafhopper design I read about, one that used a shellac coated shellback.
But I already had this lacquered feather floating around the workbench; I'd been wondering what to do with it... So, I tinkered around with the proportions and a few materials and here we are.

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 14, 2014 at 10:41am

you have a talent for making things look "buggy"david.also sorry for your loss

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on August 14, 2014 at 9:06am

I reckon cockroaches are a unrecognized resource in our battle to outwit fish.
Well see how this does.

Comment by chris kowaleski on August 14, 2014 at 8:58am

Wow this looks like a roach...this is awesome David.