, Okay this weeks feature builder is "Bluesfish", we all love this guy, will be nice to see some fly patterns.
Please join us in this weeks surfchat, sat night 10pm

jeffs work is insane ...thats puttin it litely....

SBO'S MASTER ...ill be there ....

Well before I get started I'd like to thank Smitty and Skippy for thinking outside the box while creating such a unique site for all of us! Yo oldsalts...thanks for hooking me up w/SBO!
I feel a little out of my league after seeing the awsome plugs in the previous weeks. All have been outstanding!!
I'm a firm believer in quanity should olny come after quality.With that said I figured instead of doing a fly or teaser for the build I would go outside the box and do one of my minitures.
After a trip to Mexico and catching my first Rooster fish, not having anything but pictures to remember my fish by I thought I would try to build my own, and also take a shot at a striped bass. I wanted to be out of the materials I use for tying.
I'll post the how to tomorrow!

Thanks SBO!!!!

Bluesfish

Talk about a full plate this week

OK Getting started. A small block of foam insulation just slightly longer than the length of the mustad 34007 4/0 hook and a peice of 220 sand paper.
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The foam is sanded to get the basic shape of the fish body. A razor knife is used to cut a groove along the under side to set the hook shaft in.
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The cut is then sanded out so the hook will lay through the center of the foam body, set in place and epoxyed.
(5 min. epoxy)
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Once epoxy has dried the foam is coated w./loon hard head to protect foam and for color base.
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Fish body is put on drying wheel and left to dry and harden overnight.
I'LL finish up tonight!

Bluesfish

HELLZ YEA! JEFF'S WEEK???? FINALLY! I BEEN WAITING TO SEE THE MASTERS TUTORIAL FOREVER!!!


CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU COME UP W/ ON THIS!!!

WOW SO THATS HOW U GET THE THICKNESS ....

LEARNED SOMETHIN ALREADY .....THANKS JEFF....

now thats awesome bluefish, you have some sick and serious skills/ talent, so looking forward to this i am

Etch

OK next is coating some feathers w/ sally hansen hard as nails. This can be applied heavy and it dries fast so the feathers don't have time to curl up.
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Once the feathers are dry they can be cut into the shapes of the fins.
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Next is the base coat color over the coated body.
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Another coat of loon hard head and back on the dryer.
This is when I cut the flash for the tail,tie off the end and glue it.
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When body has dried I cut a length of Lg. e-z boby just a little longer than the fish body.
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Then pull the e-z body around the curve of the hook and over the fish.
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Tie off the nose and trim excess, slide the glued section of the flash into the tail and tie it off.
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Once guue dries the tail is clamped where it meets the e-z body to flair it out and coated w/the hard as nails.
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The tail will take at least 3-4 coats to make it hard enough to hold it's shape.
I'll finish up in a little while!!!

awsome thanks for sharing the...MAGIC THAT U DO ....

great tutorial jeff i have learned alot already thanks bro....