Hey Pat - many thanks for the compliment, but just be careful of being too nice to me or the Generalissimo may very well ban you from the site. I'm just coming off a six-month suspension for dancing with (STRIPERSONLINE) at the New England Nudist Society's New Year's Eve party. His Excellency can be a bit touchy, and you never know what'll set him off.
Salty, I tried to paint them on directly, but I just screwed up too many, and I find it a lot easier to make up a whole bunch at one time and select matching pairs. Also, I use several layers on most of them, which is easier to do if they're lying flat on a sheet of plastic. You can't really tell much from the picture, but a lot of them have at least one layer of glitter paint on top of the eyeball and under the pupil. This way, I can pick and choose without creating a mess on the fly.
And what's this about being a heathen? You know darn well that everybody on this site is a closet fly fisherman. Besides, I enjoy chucking a plug now and then - the only reason I haven't bought more kits lately is that I haven't had time to finish the ones I already have.
I've only been down here since late July and I've already been kicked out of my workshop in the garage and banished to the boat shed. Since Carrie can make a $2000 painting in the time it takes me to tie a dozen flies, I'm in no position to argue. Hey, do you still have that blue water rig you were trying to peddle?