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I have not seen one anywhere else....here it is being debuted on BBF, a monofilament epoxy spoon fly prototype II

I should be able to make the body bigger, but I may have to bend the hooks...playing around with the design...I like it so far I like the mono better than the wire variants...that wire is pretty temper mental, the mono wants to naturally bend in a uniform shape.

Once I get it all ironed out I will post the procedures.

Thats a thinking man right there.

Looks goot to me

Looks good Chalk Do you have to add any fillers to the epoxy to keep it from running?

Nolefear there are two pieces of mono on each side of the hook shank. The middle piece helps bridge the epoxy....you have to rotate it and do the epoxy twirl to to get the right shape.

Here's how to do it with wire, more or less the same process - http://www.redchaser.com/suspendedspoon.htm

Sweet. Do you use an epoxy dryng wheel?

BTW I'll be happy to field test em for you if need be.

noleflyfisher wrote:Sweet. Do you use an epoxy dryng wheel?

BTW I'll be happy to field test em for you if need be.

With the initial coat of 5 minute epoxy you have to rotate the spoon around by hand to keep everything in shape.

Your suppose to coat it again with 2-ton epoxy (60 minute) and use a drying wheel for that.

Once I get it the way I want it...I'll send you a few

Nice job Chalk. I've got a couple of the ones framed with wire, but never seen one from mono. You might want to consider using Tuffleye instead of epoxy. http://www.wetahook.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It's much easier to work with and cures in about 10 to 20 seconds using a blue light. The really cool thing about it is, if you've got a shape you want to copy, you can use silly putty to make a female mold of your plug, then fill it with Tuffleye, hook, glitter, etc, and then cure it at will with the light. Bob Popovics apparently swears by this stuff now and says he has given up epoxy for it.

I read about the "blue lite" glue a few months back....might give it a try

I have 7 on the epoxy wheel drying, will post some pics when they dry

Here's the prototypes fresh off the drying wheel....still a little tacky....but I wanted to play with my camera and needed a subject

Note each one is tied a little different, main difference is the laying of the mono towards the eye

Looks great

Those look great Chalk. Let's see one pegged in the maw of a red now.

Excellent shape Chalk. Looks like you've mastered 'em!

Hey Chalk, I like this pattern so well I want to include it into my forthcoming Intermediate Fly Tying Classes starting next month @ Beef O'Brady's! Would you be willing to be a guest tyer for the class the evening of the scheduled fly tying session (June 17th)? If so, we would be greatly honored for you to demonstrate the tying of this effective looking fly. I can promise you the dinner of your choice is on the FBBF club, if you would like to come out and show us all how to tie it. The club will pay for the material expenditures for the group to tie the fly. If not, please inform me as to how to tie the final version of the fly and I will give it a go. Very well done, sir.

Capt Reggie,

I would love to but I will be sharpening hooks, relining reels and heading over towards Pensacola for an IFA tournament that week. Let me know some other dates and I will look at them.