Honestly, I thought it was a major step trying to tackle an Adams or similar type dry. I really had to screw up my courage.
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damn, looks a hell of alot better in the clamp not blown up! lol
it is symmetrical, i couldn't get my camera to focus head on, not bad for a first attempt i guess....
i have a gap in the peacock hurl in the back, hackle pushing out the eye, way too much thread for the head.... lol
u see anything i missed?
hook:14
tail: hackle fiber
body:peacock hurl
hackle: olive
wing: Guinea hen plumes (all i had)
thread: 3/0
no wax
i actually didn't have any problems with an Adams, i think because the dubbing is there it helps lay the hackle right
wow taking a closer look..... i cant believe i posted that lol
You are getting there! One suggestion....when learning, I would skip the laquering of the abdomen. A single (very light) brush stroke over the herl suffices. But for learning of proportions, it's not needed.
Otherwise...you are coming along very nice.
i wouldnt say natural talent... i dunno i picked up a hook one day, stole some yarn from the wife..a chunk of fur from the cat... rubberband... played magyver for about 20 minutes, had a decent (believe it or not)looking fly, desided it was time to acually get real tools lol now i just want a rotating vise...
thanks for the tip, weather its proportionally correct or not ill use it, if not me i have 2 friends (like myself) getting into fly fishing this year, i did notice i got some lacquer in the hackle though.... it'll make a good tree ornament soon.lol
the actual reason i started doing that was because my vise is a cheap piece of crap, and sometimes the eye will start to angle down (trust me i got it tight as it will go) and a chaotic unraveling occurs, i started putting a single hitch while i wrap materials in to stop that also, but habits are habits, getting your proportions right is defiantly a pain though.... that's what i get for jumping from scud to salmon dresser to dry, and so forth right? lol
spoof,
Before tackling this 'never ending question',(generally, it seems to come up at least 1x per year) which of the following are you asking:
1. What is a 'Catskill fly'? OR,
2. What is the 'Catskill style'?
Clarify and you may find more people willing to offer their opinion and historical perspective.
Allan
thanks Allan, the thread was headed way off topic...:)
well originally it was what is the fly, and from what i have gathered it is more of a style then a classification, correct? from what i gather it is mainly variations of the mayfly...
with that in mind, the question would be#2 what is the Catskill style....
i had honestly never heard the term before this bb
No worries, your pattern is more than fishable. Fish don't really care about our pattern "correctness". :)