Triton

[Hans Weilenmann]

Triton
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14 (or Tiemco 206BL)
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, grey
Hackle: Iridescent feather from scalp of mallard drake
Abdomen: Mole, dyed cinnamon (sparse!)
Triton: Whiting popper pack feather barbs, red center
Thorax: Mole, dyed cinnamon

Cheers,
Hans W

[daringduffer]

Hans,

That was really a clever one! Just short of amazing.

dd

[letumgo]

Beautiful fly Han's! I like the jaunty triton.

[Ruard]

Hi Hans,

Nice Fly beautiful really. Never heard of a triniton. Do you have a word in Dutch?? What is the reason you build one in a fly. Is there something in nature that you imitate with a Triniton??

[Hans Weilenmann]

Ruard,

Triton - the three pronged staff carried by Neptune. In Dutch it would be "drietand".

The pattern design is somewhat of an experiment, as yet untested. I very much like the shape of the Grip 14723BL hook, but to incorporate tails on hooks which have such a sweeping bend one struggles to make them come out looking harmonious - or at least I think so.

One either has to keep the body quite short, or extend the body and have the tails either angle down, or jut out at a somewhat force angle.

The Triton approach allows, at least in my mind, for natural looking tails even if it requires a double-take

Now for the vote of the fish... really the only vote which matters

Cheers,
Hans W

[Hans Weilenmann]

LOL
Thanks Mike, for putting me straight. I should really take English lessons one of these days, and stop making a fool of myself

Son of Poseidon it is.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Hans Weilenmann]

Mike,

I work on the premise that it is better to educate than to perpetuate an error. I welcome(d) your correction

Cheers,
Hans W

[Ruard]

Thank you Hans and Mike,

I now see that I have misread (is this englisch??) Triton as Triniton. I think we have an old word for a new part of a fly or does anybody else used such a tail allready?

Suggestion: a triton is a tail existing of 3 fibers tied in the middle of the body.

[Ruard]

Hi Mike,

the first one are the Greek names and the latter the Latin names as far as I remember.