You have to be kidding

[mrchunk]

I came across this pattern while looking for others.

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern6733.html

What on earth would you possibly use it for other than lunker largemouth perhaps? Gators??

 

[YoughnessMonster]

WOW!
The amount of detail that went into that fly would make me never want to fish it

 

[Swattie87]

Snakehead?

In all seriousness I assume something from the Pike family maybe.

 

[sandfly]

you do realize that those flies are for show not fish...

 

[mrchunk]

That's all well and good but isn't the point of a show fly to be a realistic tie that could be used?

 

[YoughnessMonster]

Tying Instructions: Tie on hook. Add five strands of craft wire for each limb. na na na na na na na

Such informative "tying instructions"

 

[jayL]

I got directions on painting the mona lisa from the man himself, and they were very similar.

Sharing the secrets ruins the art imo.

 

[Fishidiot]

I love the challenge of tying realistic flies and think I'm half decent with a paintbrush but.....I gotta say some of these things are just ridiculous and carry the art way beyond what I would consider "flies."

 

[FrequentTyer]

mrchunk wrote:
That's all well and good but isn't the point of a show fly to be a realistic tie that could be used?

Nope. They do it for the challenge. More of a pure than applied art. There are endless arguments about the value of realistic fly tying on the FTF if your into semantics and hair splitting. I think they look nice.

 

[YoughnessMonster]

I got directions on painting the mona lisa from the man himself, and they were very similar. Sharing the secrets ruins the art imo.

I imagine the instructions would be
1. Place brush in hand
2. Dip brush in paint
Na Na Na Na Na Na

 

[ryguyfi]

Check this guy out. Had some of his creations in movies, commercials, etc.


http://www.grahamowengallery.com/fishing/more-fly-tying.html