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Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:54 pm
by tie2fish
I really like that black & yellow Spider, Donald, but I'll bet every one of them will catch.
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:17 pm
by kanutripr
Very nice set of flies. I had to look twice at the body on the black and yellow, what a nice effect. The soft wings on the others look like they'll be very lively in the water.
Vicki
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:17 am
by Ron Eagle Elk
Donald,
Very, very nice. Love the wire bodied spider. I had to do a double take, it looked so nice. Well done. The upright winged flies are something that will have to be added to my wet fly arsenal.
REE
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:12 am
by michaelgmcgraw
Very Nice flies Donald! A slice of history.
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:18 am
by CreationBear
I love the wire-work on that first fly. Are there any tricks to wrapping the body you might share? It looks as if you've got a tapered thread base under there as well...neat! 
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:30 am
by DNicolson
That nice looking taper came about when I tied in the ends of the wires,
the under layer was so lumpy and uneven that I just filled in all the hollows and
made it look tidy before rapping the wire, pure serendipity.
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:58 am
by CreationBear
We actually have a ground wasp here in the Southern U.S. called a "yellow-jacket" that has much the same color scheme--they make up a fair share of the "terrestrial" portion of our trouts' diet, no doubt, and this fly would be a killer imitation.
At any rate, I'll take such serendipity any day.
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:43 am
by letumgo
Great mix of new and old patterns, Donald. I find the Black and Blae Upright irresistible. I looks like a capital killer!
Re: A new wire Spider + Uprights
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:37 pm
by Johnno
Nice to see the old Partridge Capt Hamilton hooks being used still. I still have a very few. They are very nice hooks.
For those that don't know, the Capt Hamilton hook is named after Capt G D Hamilton who wrote a very early NZ book (now quite rare - a first edn can go several hundred dollars) which included a lot on New Zealand trout fishing called "Trout fishing and sport in Maoriland". He recommended the use of but five flies, all wets. "Captain Hamilton's five"
Red Hackle, Hare's Ear, Black Hackle, Black Spider and Hare's Ear Spider and he had specific conditions when they were best utilised.
He was also responsible for introducing trout into many of the lower North Island waters.
