A bit of fun for the last one
heres a Gurgler style frog pattern i've been playing with out here, for Bass, in places like this.
Hook: Size 4 Varivas 2610
Thread: white, strong
Back: two sheets of foam glued together.
Front Legs: striped rainy's chartreuse centipede legs
Back Legs: Barred Zonker strips in Chartreuse
Body: white micro fritz
Marker: olive Pantone.
Step 1: Place hook in vice.
Step 2: Start thread and make sure it binds down nice and tight.
Step 3: Select a piece of Zonker strip
Step 4: Cut a small piece from the end with the curl
Step 5: Cut piece in half.
Step 6: You should now have two legs.
Step 7: Tie one leg along the side of the hook and bind down tight.
Step 8: Tie in the other leg on the opposite side.
Step 9: Take the pre-made glued sheets of foam.
Step 10: Cut off a strip about 10mm wide.
Step 11: Cut a V shape into the end as shown.
Step 12: Tie in with the V shape over the top of the back legs.
Step 13: Tie in a length of micro fritz.
Step 14: Wind forward, leaving a gap at the eye and tie down, trim off.
Step 15: Take 3 lengths of the rubber legs and tie in with figure of eight turns.
Step 16: bring foam back forward and tie down at end of fritz.
Step 17: Invert fly and finish with whip finish at eye , just ahead of the tie down.
Step 18: trim foam as shown and apply head cement to the forward whip and tie down areas.
Step 19: Apply some more head cement to the rear tie down.
Step 20: Finally as an embellishment i like to add a few spots to the back, and trim legs to a nice length.
Step 21: A frogs chorus, ready to go serenade some Bass.
I'm sure it might just work on some species back home too.
Sandy
