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Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:04 pm
by Roadkill
Hook-Mustad 3906 #14
Body and rib-Purple silk
Hackle-Cock Pheasant neck feather
B0019273 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:08 pm
by letumgo
Oh, man, excellent fly & photo! You even captured the iridescent color of the hackle. I know from experience, that is not easy to do. Kudos...
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:27 pm
by DNicolson
A very nice dressing, where did you get it from?
or is it your own?
The only version I can find at the moment, is from Turton's book,
and it has a body of black dubbing.
Whether this means the whole body or just a thorax, I am not sure.
Here is Turton's recipe:-
Silk: Purple.
Body: Black Dubbing.
Hackle: Blue cock pheasant neck feather.
I'll have to try both, if I can. 
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:24 pm
by willowhead
Beautiful.....
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:03 pm
by Roadkill
DNicolson
I got it out of the Turton chapter on
The Angler's Manual in Nemes
Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies earlier today when I was looking for a reference on split thread tying for Hans. This was a fly on my to do list to tie and fish so I started making some. I don't know the way the list of flies are described if they came out of Turton or Magee's
Fly Fishing: The North Country Tradition. I don't have either book.
In any event I added some dark Mole dubbing to cover your two Turton variations.
Thanks!! I think I'll try a 3 fly cast test next year.
B0019274 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
B0019275 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:24 pm
by hankaye
Roadkill, Howdy;
Beautiful tyes.... Both winners for me, not one better than the other this go 'round...
hank
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:30 pm
by William Anderson
Great ties and nice pics. The mole is a nice variation. What kind of silk are you using?
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:54 pm
by letumgo
The bottom one is outstanding! Just the perfect amount of dubbing. Both are beautifully tyed.
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:59 pm
by tie2fish
The patterns and photography on this site just keep getting better, and this post ups the bar yet again.
Re: Purple Midge
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:11 pm
by Roadkill
William Anderson wrote: What kind of silk are you using?
Purple Pearsall's Gossamer.