Bit of Alpaca

[swellcat]

Under Body: green flashabou
Over Body: Deer Creek Diamond Fine
Thorax: alpaca
Hackle: brown hen

One interesting thing is it reverses the colours of the pheasant tail/peacock thorax flies.

[tie2fish]

That is a real eye-catcher, Paul, and most likely a fish catcher as well. Certainly a good argument for trying out the resins. And Wayne, your stone nymphs are amazing as always. You truly have a knack for creating flies that look alive.

[novabass]

Thanks Bill, I appreciate it!

[William Anderson]

Paul, this is a beautifully proportioned little softy. Nice combination. I haven't fooled with the resins for lack of purpose vs. cost, but I'm edging toward trying it out, just cuz. nice work.

Wayne, always the catchiest, as usual. I hope to see you posting trout all winter with these. Cheers.

w

[novabass]

Thank you William!
Yes, the resin is definitely fun to play with.

[William Anderson]

Paul, submerge your fly and watch a beautiful hydrofuge form and hold behind that hackle. I was impressed with the qualities of the alpaca.

[novabass]

Paul, submerge your fly and watch a beautiful hydrofuge form and hold behind that hackle. I was impressed with the qualities of the alpaca.

Wow, you are absolutely right!
Alpaca is even more impressive than I thought. I think I will be using alpaca even more now and I was already a fan.
Thanks for the tip William!
Now I really can't wait to try this pattern out. I'm thinking it should work well.

[William Anderson]

Paul, these are a far cry from your soft-hackle and Bill's March Brown, but these are a couple flies tied with alpaca that I dropped into the glass to see how they changed color, allowed some underbody to become visible and maintained a hydrofuge and for how long, even swishing around. They were actually tough to sink and had to be coerced.







There are likely a few flymphs tied with alpaca in the masses somewhere. I'm getting it all sorted out, but it looks like a long term project.

w

[letumgo]

Man, those look so fishable! Confidence patterns...

William - These are just begging to go fishing...

[raven4ns]

Bill, that green caddis body you created is why I want to use mohair so I can get that kind of look to my bodies. Looking at that green caddis and Mr. Hidy's flies that Lance posted is the look I want to try and achieve. The black woolly worm is a go to pattern for me but I'm going to tie a few up using mohair instead of the chenille and see how it works.