Variation on a Variation by Old Hat

Post by **Dwclapp** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:00 pm

Was so impressed with Old Hat's Copper King Variation that I had to run out and get a couple spools of the Sulky Sliver.

Here is what I came up with Grouse and Old Gold

Hook: Daiichi 1480 sz. 12
Thread: Wine 14/0
Hackle: Grouse wing coverlet
Thorax: Peacock herl
Body: Tying thread overwrapped with Sulky Sliver 8007 "Gold" to give ribbing effect.

Post by **Old Hat** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:48 pm

Very nice. I like the pattern a lot. Can't go wrong with a little peacock for the thorax.

What did you think of the Sulky? I have found it very strong and easy to work with. It will be interesting to see how durable it is.

Post by **letumgo** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:14 pm

Marvelous. I need to pull out my Sulky collection (Bill and Wayne got me started on this stuff a while back. Great stuff. I have a bunch of colors. Time to drag them out again.)

Post by **redietz** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:44 pm

What a great looking fly.

Post by **Kelly L.** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:38 pm

DW...that is a beauty! Dang it. I am gonna have to get online and find some of that Sulky stuff...y'all are killing me with it.

Post by **Dwclapp** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:13 pm

Check your local JoAnn's fabric store (of course being up in east Texas that may be all the way to Shreveport or Dallas). The one here has a huge Sulky products display. Got some spools of the Sliver and what they call holoshimmer. The holoshimmer appears to be the same stuff but with a holographic pattern to the tinsel (purple holographic... Thinking Stewarts Spider with purple holo body).

First time using the stuff was a pleasure. Wish I had a bobbin that would work with these wide spools. May have to off-spool a bit onto a standard spool so I can use it with a bobbin.

Post by **William Anderson** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:44 am

Darin this is such a nice spider. Beautiful pairing with the hackle.

Post by **tie2fish** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:42 am

Great color combination and very nice photo as well.

Post by **Kelly L.** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:31 am

DW...no Joanne's here. But I already bought a couple of there metallic type spools a good while back. It must of been Sulky Sliver. I just knew it as Sulky metallic. I got it at Hancock Fabrics. Now if I just remembered where the heck I put them...LOL. One of them was a pearl color. I can't remember what the other color was. I think I didn't use them much because of that extra long spool. My tying table looks pretty pathetic and cluttered. I had to search the other day just to find my hair stacker, the med size. Still haven't found the large one.

Post by **Smuggler** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:30 am

Man I've been missing a lot lately, the past couple days you guys have produced some excellent flies.

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