Six Spiders

Here are six spiders, some are a bit rough.:(

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Hook: #14 Vivaras 2200BL.
Thread: Black.
Body: Black thread, coverd with medium Pearl Lurex.
Thorax: Black camel.
Hackle: Black hen.

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Hook: #14 Vivaras 2200BL.
Silk: Pale Copper #227 YLI
Body: Embossed metalic tinsel.
Thorax: Camel, squirrel belly.
Hackle: Natural brown Brahma hen.

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Hook: TMC 206BL #14.
Silk: Hot orange.
Body: Camel, brown.
Rib & Tag: Warm Gold wire, 0.2 mm.
Thorax: Camel, brown.
Hackle: Natural brown Brahma hen.

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Hook: TMC 206BL #14.
Silk: Daffodil #214 VLC.
Body: Supablue wire, 0.2 mm.
Rib: Smoked wire, 0.2 mm.
Thorax: Camel, pale yellow.
Hackle: Mid dun hen.

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Hook: TMC 206 BL #14.
Silk: Green Pearsall.
Body: Camel, dark olive.
Rib: Emerald wire, 0.1 mm.
Hackle: Golden olive, Brahma hen.

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Hook: TMC 206BL #14.
Silk: Green Pearsall.
Body: Emerald wire, 0.1 mm.
Thorax: Camel dark olive.
Hackle: Golden olive, Brahma hen.

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Donald,

Lovely, just lovely. I really like the looks of that Vivaras hook. Both of your hook choices look great as spiders, almost as good as the Daiichi 1640.

Well, done, my friend.

REE

Very nice flies. I enjoy seeing your work, thanks for posting the pics.

Ronnie.

Donald,

You have inspired me to start tying again and I thank you for that.

Nice flies. I especially like the first one. It looks like a spider. :eek:

You always do a nice job, Donald. Do you adjust the size of your spiders for the time of year and depth of water? For instance, here in PA most of the major hatches are done and the water is low and clear. We fish smaller flies like 18s to 24s with the skinny water and the absence of hatches. Do you do that with the spiders and other wets, too?
Bruce

It is exactly the same here, trout react to the same environmental constraints, where ever they are.
Although we have much more variable (unreliable) weather than you do.
We have had a fair bit of rain lately and the bigger flies are still working.

Donald,
You've posted yet more excellent pictures of beautiful flies. Thank you. Do you typically use a cast of more than one wet fly, or are you generally satisfied with working single wets. I have purchased, watched, and re-run the Davy Wotton video and I look forward to working on my wet fly fishing when the weather drops out of the "pre-heated oven" range and trout can survive the strain of being caught.
Thanks again for your beautiful work.

Ed

Ed
A lot depends on the size of the water, mostly two flies or occasionally three.
Sometimes fishing a single wet fly, like a dry, to a fish that has been spotted.
On still-waters, with buzzers, two or three can be a deadly technique.
When fishing a small moorland stream, anything goes, as long as it is black.

Nice looking spiders! thanks for sharing.