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by Old Hat » Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:00 pm
Came across this pattern the other day. I changed it up quite a bit so I don't know if you can even call it this but...
The pattern I saw had a body of yellow silk sparsely dubbed with muskrat. I chose a ginger thread with red phase Aussie possum dubbed "not so sparsely".
The hackle is a peachy feather from the underside of a jay wing. Never used these before but boy are they pretty. Head is bronze peacock.
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by letumgo » Sat Mar 30, 2019 5:34 am
I am very impressed by the herl and minuscule head on this fly. How did you accomplish this so perfectly?
Gorgeous pattern Carl. I think this would be an effective cased caddis imitation.
Now where did I store my jay skin...
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by Old Hat » Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:46 am
letumgo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 5:34 am
I am very impressed by the herl and minuscule head on this fly. How did you accomplish this so perfectly?
Gorgeous pattern Carl. I think this would be an effective cased caddis imitation.
Now where did I store my jay skin...
3 snug wraps of single strand peacock and Griffith's 14/0 thread. After you secure the peacock, proceed to whip finish the head. Catch your thread on your rough fingers and cut your thread so that all but a single strand of the 14/0 frays and unravels. Say a few choice words. Carefully slide all the frayed thread down, so as not to break the single strand that is left, until you have enough room to whip finish with essentially what is now equivalent to about 30/0 thread. Easy Peasy.
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by letumgo » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:07 am
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by tie2fish » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:50 am
Exquisite craftsmanship!
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by Old Hat » Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:12 am
A little experience and some luck goes a long way Bill.
I like Griffith's. Plenty strong and the colors are great. If I am not tying a thread bodied spider or a flymph dubbing strand, I'm using Griffith's.
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by upstatetrout » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:19 am
Carl beautiful rendition! Where did you find this pattern?
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by Old Hat » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:40 am
upstatetrout wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:19 am
Carl beautiful rendition! Where did you find this pattern?
Tom
Hi Tom it is in "Year of the Spider" by Philip Storey. If you haven't read it, it is basically a journal of a year on Yorkshire rivers with Yorkshire spiders. He alludes that it is a Pritt fly pattern. Turned out to be one of his top 9 of the year.
