Polar Fiber Game Changer

[JerryCoviello]

Polar Fibre Game Changer
My first time tying the Game Changer, The movement looks like a real fish. I was inspired to give these flies a try after I purchased the Game Changer book.
Mad River Outfitters has a nice detailed video on how to tie this fly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot4CRcSSSlI&list=WL&index=24

Materials
Polar Fiber Streamer Brush (White) 1½"
Polar Fiber Streamer Brush (White) ¾"
Polar Fiber Streamer Brush (Pink & Shrimp) 1½"
Polar Fiber Streamer Brush (Pink & Shrimp) 1½"
Blane Chocklett's Finesse Body Chenille Medium (Clear)
Blane Chocklett's Finesse Body Chenille Large (Clear)
Lateral Scale Flashabou Material (Opal Mirage)
Blane Chocklett's Filler Flash (Pearl)
Gamakatsu SL12S 1X Short Fly Hooks 3/0
Ahrex NS172 Curved Gammerus Hooks #6:
Blane Chocklett's Body Tubing (Pink or Clear):
Bone Dry:
Solarez Resinator UV Light:

 

[Jaybird]

Curious, how long to tie 1 fly ? Also what's the minimum amount of time it would take after a few tries ?

 

[Baron]

Spring pickerel

 

[JerryCoviello]

Jaybird
That was the first time i tied that fly. It was close to 30 min since i had to keep looking at the directions.

Jaybird wrote:
Curious, how long to tie 1 fly ? Also what's the minimum amount of time it would take after a few tries ?

 

[Sylvaneous]

Jointed Rapala.

As neat as they are, they just take too much stuff and time. And if you F-one up and it doesn't swim or it spins or something, it's a big wasted investment.

I tie some LMBass foam sliders with Rainy's 'Joom Diver' heads and some of those don't work very well. I don't have a smam-dunk recipie for them and some things I put on them, a real 'pro' tyer would say "don't do that. It'll flip over on its back" which is what happens some times. And that's so terribly frustrating and deflating.
A badly-performing Game Changer ....I don't want to think about it.

 

[PennKev]

The sparser the better for game changers. The all -feather versions are probably the easiest tie and make behave correctly. That said, they are a huge time drain and just not something I've stuck with.

When they work, their action is pretty cool.

 

[JohnPowers]

And I thought the henryville special used A lot of different materials!