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long hackled beast
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:16 pm
by lykos33
BunTurPheas= Bunny under fur from my niece's bunny (he gets brushed nightly), Turkey slips for an abdomen, and the longest Pheasant hackle I had in my box. All tied up on an old Mustad #8 with black flymaster 6/0. The bunny fur was done in an on hook dubbing brush...
DRY
WET
Murray
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:13 am
by Mataura mayfly
Murray, thats a heck of a nice looking big fly. That XL hackle does no harm at all
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:19 am
by kanutripr
Wow! I really, REALLY like that one. Amazing. Love the long hackle!!
Did I say I really, REALLY like it!?!?
Vicki
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:16 am
by Hans Weilenmann
Nicely done Murray
Hans W
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:46 am
by DUBBN
I thought I preferd my hackle short. Your pattern has me rethinking. Very good tye!
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:15 pm
by CreationBear
Very cool--I'm actually setting up to try my hand at "burning" some GP and ruffed grouse tailfeathers to use as collar and/or spey hackle. Hopefully I can lose enough of the barbicels to make it behave, but still keep the nifty variegation. With a weak enough bleach solution, even dyed material like, say, mallard, might open up some possibilities as well...especially if you use Hans' method of tying in the hackle with the barbs pointed out over the eye.
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:06 pm
by hankaye
lykos33, Howdy;
Murray, fantastic lookin' fly. The 'wet' pic truly showes it well...
hank
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:27 pm
by lykos33
CreationBear wrote:Very cool--I'm actually setting up to try my hand at "burning" some GP and ruffed grouse tailfeathers to use as collar and/or spey hackle. Hopefully I can lose enough of the barbicels to make it behave, but still keep the nifty variegation. With a weak enough bleach solution, even dyed material like, say, mallard, might open up some possibilities as well...especially if you use Hans' method of tying in the hackle with the barbs pointed out over the eye.
That's exactly how I have been tying mine lately, thanks to Hans' great videos. Here's a youtube video of how to make spey type feathers out of cheaper ordinary feathers...I'll be trying it myself soon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m69-Rt3p ... e=youtu.be
Murray
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:28 pm
by lykos33
Thanks to all for the comments
Murray
Re: long hackled beast
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:02 pm
by Old Hat
Nice generalist pattern. I often go with longer hackle on Stillwater patterns.