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Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:58 pm
by Roadkill
My thanks to Andrew Herd for another fly from Thomas Hofland's The British Angler's Manual, 1839.
Hook-Mustad 3906 #10
Thread- Pearsall's Gossamer Purple silk
Body-Peacock Herl
Hackle-Pheasant Breast feather
IMGP0207 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:43 am
by letumgo
The dark tips on the hackle fibers add an extra element of life to the pattern. Very nice!
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:19 am
by joaniebo
I've tied a few of these in the past but don't think I've ever fished them. I have full rooster and hen skins with lots of nice hackles on both of them. Anyone have some soft hackle dressings that use pheasant hackles? Thanks.
Bob
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:42 am
by Roadkill
Bob,
My favorite bug is the October Caddis and my Favorite Fly for it is my OC soft hackle tied with a brownish cock pheasant feather.
B0059224 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
I use the smaller neck feathers on many soft ackles as well. Rump feathers are good for steelhead soft hackles and speys.
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:16 pm
by joaniebo
Roadkill wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:42 am
Bob,
My favorite bug is the October Caddis and my Favorite Fly for it is my OC soft hackle tied with a brownish cock pheasant feather.
B0059224 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
I use the smaller neck feathers on many soft ackles as well. Rump feathers are good for steelhead soft hackles and speys.
Is that seal dubbing? Thanks.
Bob
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:38 pm
by Roadkill
Bob,
I usually tie it with a my own old blend of dyed rabbit furs and a few colors of Aunt Lydia's Rug yarn. I use seal only on some of my steelhead flies.
But i wasn't prepared to tie this fly at the 2013 FFI International Fly Fishing Fair in West Yellowstone. So a trip to Bob Jacklin's shop after the first day of fishing set me up with Orange Arizona Semi Seal to tie the second day. It was my hot fly on the fall run fish going up the Madison.
Re: Bracken Clock 1839
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:24 pm
by joaniebo
Roadkill wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:38 pm
Bob,
I usually tie it with a my own old blend of dyed rabbit furs and a few colors of Aunt Lydia's Rug yarn. I use seal only on some of my steelhead flies.
But i wasn't prepared to tie this fly at the 2013 FFI International Fly Fishing Fair in West Yellowstone. So a trip to Bob Jacklin's shop after the first day of fishing set me up with Orange Arizona Semi Seal to tie the second day. It was my hot fly on the fall run fish going up the Madison.
Thanks.... will use some of the seal subs I have on hand.
Bob