Purple & Peacock Spider

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Purple & Peacock Spider

Post by Hans Weilenmann » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:01 am

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Purple & Peacock Spider
Hook: Tiemco 102Y #15
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Starling
Rib: Fine silver wire
Body: Narrow purple plastic ribbon taken from a blood oranges bag, and a single strand of peacock herl from eye, twisted into cord

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Re: Purple & Peacock Spider

Post by Ruard » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:19 am

Hi Hans,

Beautiful fly. I have the first fruitbag in my flyfying cabinet. It is green from a bag of oranges.
There will allways be a solution.
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Re: Purple & Peacock Spider

Post by Soft-hackle » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:33 pm

It's a hit, Hans. A real winner. You are coming into home plate.

Mark
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