Spencer

[Old Hat]

This is a wingless pattern from Ray Bergman's Trout.

Hook: Ken Sawada Old Limerick Wet #12
Thread: Griffith's 14/0 black
Tag: fine flat gold tinsel
Tail: Sunset yellow gems wool
Rib: fine flat gold tinsel
Body hackle: grey badger
Body: natural grey mohair
Front hackle: grey badger slightly larger than body hackle.

[Soft-hackle]

A beauty! Surprizingly, Bergman's color plates has a few wingless wets. One overlooked pattern is a dry fly that Ray considered good in both wet and dry. It's the famous Orange Fish Hawk. I've tied it wet for many years and it fishes well, as Ray said, to brooks, browns and rainbows.

Thanks for posting this one, Carl. It looks like a winner.

Mark

[Old Hat]

Thanks, I'm going to have to look that one up Mark. This pattern is just gorgeous when wet and swinging. It really goes to work.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Lovely dressing. I'm going to have to borrow my friends copy of Trout since I don't have my own. I really like the hooks your using. My friend finally got some in his shop and I bought almost everything he had. A bit pricey, but a very nice hook.

REE

[letumgo]

I imagine the bright tag would also be useful for sight fishing. You may be able to see the fly on the drift it you watch carefully. I have had this experience while fishing some flies with bright spots. I've caught a few fish by setting the hook if I loose sight of the fly.

Beautiful fly Carl. I am especially enjoying the wide variety of flies you tye.

[Old Hat]

Thanks guys.

Ron, I hope that isn't my source for the hooks as well.
As Mark mentioned there are quite a few wingless wets scattered about the plates in Trout.. Most are a little heavier dressed (not spiders) but wonderful patterns to play with.

[cicvara]

-This is great, nice work.

[GlassJet]

That's almost a bumble...
very cool!


Andrew.

[trouttickler]

"Almost a bumble"... as an ignorant west side of the ponder, just what makes a bumble a bumble and not just a palmered fly?

[Old Hat]

I may be wrong but I think bumbles generally have a denser, stiffer hackle to them?