more tying time frenzy

Have been stuck at home for a while now
The wife off on school camp three days this week,  then this weekend for four days she is off to catch up with all her bridesmaids in Sydney whom all have babies now to ogle and ga ga over

So I am looking after our two girls 24-7 lately and once the little ones are safety tucked in bed and asleep the evenings are free of nagging, free of "have you done so and so" and free of "aren't you listening to me" even thought she hasn't spoken for two minutes and thinks I am ever waiting on the next brain spasm of her thought processes

So what is a guy to do ---------- tie flies - no interruptions - yeehaaaah!!!
And it stops me doing the things I have to do that I don't want to do - like school work marking and doco etc

Latest flies tied are some garfish flies
(didn't like my last lot I tied on wire leaders - just not dainty enough

so tied up these garfish

Used a 2/0 longshank hook
Wrapped some lead wire at start of hook bend
Two layers about 4-5mm long all at bend in  basically a lump
Dabbed that with nail polish then wrapped to secure with thread
Then a touch of flash (8-12 fibres) tied at hook bend
Some synthetic fibres around all this to encapsulate the flash material
Then a subtle few blue fibres along the top - don't go overboard here just a hint of colour
I attach the prism eyes by placing a dob of clear silicone, a bit smaller then the eye itself attaching this silicone to the back of the eye before squishing the eye into place - as so easy to adjust and re-position the eyes this way if needed
Allow this to set over night
Then using red thread create a long nose along the rest of the hook shank towards the hook eye
Finally, using a rotary device - add a layer of epoxy over the nose and eyes to toughen the fly up for a hopeful mackerel onslaught!


I like the result

Also tied up a heap of size 1 clousers in goat hair with a touch of flash material between the two wings of goat hair - I tie my clousers the old way - eyes, flash then wing on outside of hook shank, flip over and tie in wing on hook point side - rather than 'charlie' style where both wings tied on hook point side of shank and both tied in at same place  between eyes and hook eye.
below are 24x with beadchain and 24x with plated lead dumbbell, these last ones with a chartreuse threaded nose to tell them apart quicker in the fly box - they are for the deep holes cahsing blues and tarpon for the upcoming fly fishing competition.

Also can hardly wait to put these in front of some big fish.............
My version of Rupert Harvey's Funky Muddler - see his tying video
These are about 10-12cm long, thick profiled and ready to push water about as they swim through the water... very excited about these

then there are some big eyed baitfish 1/0s

Then some larger profile baitfish

For these I made my own clear fish skulls using a dollop of clear silicone molded around the head area before attaching a 3d prism eye and once set a light coating of epoxy

Problem is now I have so many flies and no way to lose any till the 9th when the DFR Saltwater challenge competition starts!!!! Bring it on

Now what will I tie tonight?????