Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629
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Wed February 21, 2007 3:33pm
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This is a weave of a fly that I put on one of my friend's fly rods. Is is four layers, 184 Madeira size 40 threads, 67 turns of size B for background. Total weaving time was three hours.
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Ralph Scaglione
Registered: March 2005
Posts: 1,009
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Wed February 21, 2007 3:58pm
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Ellis, that is awesome !
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Jim Upton
Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 440
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Wed February 21, 2007 4:06pm
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Good job Ellis. Let's hope no one takes a swat at him.
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Raymond_Adams
Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,244
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Wed February 21, 2007 4:08pm
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Nice job Ellis! You sure it didn't just land on the wet epoxy? LOL!
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Lance Dupre
Registered: March 2005
Location: South Louisiana
Posts: 66
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Wed February 21, 2007 4:28pm
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You give a whole new meaning to the word fly rod. Very nice work.
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Dave Orr
Registered: January 2007
Location: Yellowknife, NWT
Posts: 98
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Wed February 21, 2007 4:33pm
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Quick hand me the SWATTER!!
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Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629
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Wed February 21, 2007 4:58pm
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Thanks all. Several years ago I left a rod drying overnight. When I checked in the morning I had a fly on the epoxy. I think Tom K. said that I now had a real fly rod.
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Derek McMaster
Registered: April 2005
Location: Rohnert Park, California
Posts: 65
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Wed February 21, 2007 5:42pm
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Well Done....The ONLY kinda fly fishing that makes sense to me..........mmmmmmmm .....BAIT!
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James Labanowski
Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,061
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Wed February 21, 2007 5:46pm
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You nailed it Ellis. The best one to date. My fire belly toad says it looks good enough to eat.
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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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Thu February 22, 2007 8:58pm
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Outstanding and creative, Ellis. Great job except for the photography (smiley).
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Sat February 24, 2007 10:39am
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I wish I had clicked on teh picture sooner, I SWEAR I said to myself, "geez, Ellis is corny, JEsse already built a rod with flies in teh finish". I had NO CLUE this was done with thread, great job!!! I do have to ask about teh # of threads & the time it took...are those stats accurate? 3 hours seems really fast...I like really fast, lol.
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lee crumpton
Registered: July 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 48
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Tue February 23, 2010 4:05am
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cool nice blow fly
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