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Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:03 pm
by Old Hat
Ray's Old/New Spider swap has gotten me into tying some spiders. Which I haven't done a lot of lately.
Here is The Old Master
Hook: Classic Kendall #16
Thread: Grey (waxed)
Hackle: Woodcock undercovert
Body: Thread with a rib of heron substitute
Re: Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:33 pm
by letumgo
I rate this one an eleven.
Re: Old Master
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:09 am
by Smuggler
Beautiful Carl.
Re: Old Master
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:52 am
by Old Hat
Thanks guys. I don't like the color in this photo. The pattern is a little more subdued. I post to google+ then link here to display but I've noticed color changes in the photos when I do that. The body is definitly not that " blue".
Re: Old Master
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:04 am
by hankaye
Old/New Hat, Howdy;
Beautiful fly, could the color shift be due to reflection from the stone upon which it sits?
hank
Re: Old Master
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:13 am
by Old Hat
Nope, I can see the difference from the original to the version I upload to Google+.
Re: Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:54 am
by novabass
Beautiful fly Carl and I love the name! I think it fits the look of this fly.
Re: Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:11 am
by William Anderson
Carl, I've come back to this several times, not with any comment of substance, just absolutely admirable. Such a beautiful combination. As a fly to stock...I would add a very fine wire counter rib, but this really is beautifully dun. (Ha! I usually shy from puns, you caught me at an odd moment.
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Re: Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:05 pm
by Old Hat
I agree about the wire cross rib. To retain a more traditional look, I have found a single thread tag twisted with the herl then ribbed is very durable.
Re: Old Master
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:29 pm
by crazy4oldcars
What do you mean by "Heron substitute"? Is that the name of the material, or just a generic, "I substituted something for the heron the pattern called for"?
I wouldn't worry too much about the color shift. I doubt any of us have color tuned our monitors. The change could be from resampling when G+ resizes the image for its servers.
Kirk