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January 30th, 2005, 07:14 PM
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JR wrote:
BTW, don't waste any money on the shellback materials you see in fly shops; little strips cut from plastic sandwich bags work just fine. JR The shellback material you get from flyshops is nicer to work with than plastic sandwich bags as it is elastic and can be stretched to give a more arthropodous or chitinous segmented look. However, you can buy it a fabric shops for considerably less. Tim Lysyk 
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January 30th, 2005, 07:17 PM
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Tim Lysyk wrote:
JR wrote: BTW, don't waste any money on the shellback materials you see in fly shops; little strips cut from plastic sandwich bags work just fine. The shellback material you get from flyshops is nicer to work with than plastic sandwich bags as it is elastic and can be stretched to give a more arthropodous or chitinous segmented look. Well, yeah, if I want to strive for effects I can't spell or pronounce.  More to the point, I haven't found that a more arthritic and cretinous look catches more fish..... JR
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