Tied Fly Elegant Beauty

[rd_ab_penman]

With two Almond Church Window pheasant feathers and two #14 tied flies cast in Polyester Resin

The EB kit has Titanium Gold / Black Titanium plating.

Turned, sanded to 400 grit, buffed with fine steel wool and polished with Huts Ultra Gloss.

Thanks to Rob for his ideas and the guys over at FWw for their ideas and suggestions on fly sizes.

Les

 

[mrcook4570]

That is outstanding! How much clearance is there between the fly and the outside of the resin?

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Extra special!

 

[bitshird]

Les PLEASE STOP, LOL you're making me crazy with your incredible work, I was also wondering how much resin was left over the top of the flys?? it is an amazing pen, I wish I could pull that off.

 

[Constant Laubscher]

Very Pretty!

 

[Woodlvr]

Beautiful pen Les.

 

[Ligget]

WOW, that is gorgeous Les!

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Stan and Ken,

I really don't know how much resin is over top of the flies.
I just made sure while I was turning it that I didn't take too much off.

Les

 

[bitshird]

My SIL saw your reconfigured wood blanks, that's all I heard about all day long, Thank heavens he's not a fisherman, But I am!! dDd you nip the eye off the hook,or bend it so it would lay flat? or is it still in place, that seems the most likely spot to get in trouble.

 

[RAdams]

Outstanding work! That is really cool looking!

I was flirting with an idea at one time, to replace the finial with a cast fly inside, but never thought of your idea. really sharp!

 

[PenMan1]

Les, now that IS pushing the envelope on pen making! Exactly what this forum is all about! Nice work.... This SHOULD BE ON THE HOME PAGE as Featured pen!!!!!

 

[Jim15]

That is an absolutely awesome pen.

 

[Pioneerpens]

Love it!

 

[workinforwood]

Awesome work as usual Les !!!

 

[rd_ab_penman]

My SIL saw your reconfigured wood blanks, that's all I heard about all day long, Thank heavens he's not a fisherman, But I am!! dDd you nip the eye off the hook,or bend it so it would lay flat? or is it still in place, that seems the most likely spot to get in trouble.

I did not alter the hook in any way. I don't want the fly to lay too flat and take away from the 3D effect.

Les

 

[johncrane]

Excellent work Les! the colors also look good.now all you need Les! is a fish in there about to take fly.

 

[jtdesigns]

My SIL saw your reconfigured wood blanks, that's all I heard about all day long, Thank heavens he's not a fisherman, But I am!! dDd you nip the eye off the hook,or bend it so it would lay flat? or is it still in place, that seems the most likely spot to get in trouble.

I would guess the hook eye is not a problem. I have tied hundreds of flies in the 20-22 size range and the eye is really tiny. I would have more concern about the hackle fibers not lying flat. More than likely he trimmed the side facing out to flat. I did a pen for a fishing buddy and where I put nymphs (no, not ones your thinking about) all around the pen tube and cast in resin. Lost lots of my earlier photos from hard drive crash so............no picture..didn't happen (but it was pretty damn cool!!).

 

[1dweeb]

Les, now that IS pushing the envelope on pen making! Exactly what this forum is all about! Nice work.... This SHOULD BE ON THE HOME PAGE as Featured pen!!!!!

+1 what he said. :biggrin:

 

[wizard]

Beautiful Pen !! Heavenly gift for a fly fisherman !!

 

[YouthMinisterDan]

very nice....

 

[Laurenr]

Oh man, that is stupefyingly gorgeous. I just can't say enough, ...just great

 

[chiefgreen]

OUTSTANDING pen! I agree, that picture should be on the "front" page as the featured pen!

 

[nsfr1206]

Why can't I see the pen? David

 

[JasonM]

absolutely gorgeous. Did you tie the fly, too? =)

 

[Cincelaser]

Very beautiful, my favourite of the month!

 

[ToddMR]

OMG! My dad would so LOVE a pen like that hehe. He is a fly tying person. Very good job it looks really nice!

 

[Stevej72]

Wow, that is a great pen!

 

[Stick Rounder]

Wow! Great looking pen.

 

[kevin miller]

do you glue the feather to the tube. thanks

 

[Lenny]

Les, now that IS pushing the envelope on pen making! Exactly what this forum is all about! Nice work.... This SHOULD BE ON THE HOME PAGE as Featured pen!!!!!

+1 what he said. :biggrin:

+2

You get my vote as well, great job on a fantastic pen!

 

[kruger]

awesome pen.
I agree, that picture should be on the "front" page as the featured pen!
congratulations

 

[wizard]

This is my second post to this thread. Just wanted the powers that be to know that when I open the IAP site homepage to show a friend it would be cool to see a picture of this pen pop up. Doc

 

[RyanNJ]

Great Job.
some questions. does the EB kit have more resin on it than a sierra? what other kit do you think would work? what mold did you use?

 

[PenMan1]

Les PLEASE STOP, LOL you're making me crazy with your incredible work, I was also wondering how much resin was left over the top of the flys?? it is an amazing pen, I wish I could pull that off.

I'd bet the resin is so thin that you could "hook" yourself if you weren't really careful!

AS USUAL, BEAUTIFUL WORK, LES!

 

[nativewooder]

Any other time I would say that this pen is the pick of the litter, but it is too elegant and awesome!!!

 

[76winger]

Beautiful!

 

[wjbowling]

Great work Les! When will we see the tutorial?