Wow Norm, great pattern. It looked really difficult until I saw the instructions.
Thanks
Beaver
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Wow Norm, great pattern. It looked really difficult until I saw the instructions.
Thanks
Beaver
This is a really cool pattern, thanks for sharing it, Norm!
I tied one up last night...turned out more or less ok. I tried using Poly Dub thread for the gills. And as I say, it turned out just "ok". I need to try some other options for the gills, I think. I'm pretty sure I don't have any of what the recipe called for.
Speaking of which...on that same website I saw a pattern for a "Bristling White Minnow". Check it out. I thought it looked interesting. It says it uses Hends long chenille. To me it looks similar to craft hair (polar hair), except it comes attached on a yarn or string base. Is this material available in the US?
I used antron yarn for the gills, I liked it better than the floss. looks good too.
I looked at that Dave and like it..just tied it up with some silvery very long eyelash yarn I have...sorry can't remember the name and don't have the label....it's OK but I would like to get a gold body shining through.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how you could get that body to look golden?
I want to tie up some golden shiners.
I really like the look of that fly. Gonna have to tie a few of those up. Thanks for the link
Lovely pattern and very well tied
If your material is pretty transparent, try wrapping the shank with gold tinsel or mylar first.
IF that doesnt work, you can try opening up the wraps of your eyelash yarn a bit to let more of the gold show through.
OR you can wrap the eyelash and tinsel at the same time kind of like a zebra midge but larger and with different materials.
That is a fantastic looking pattern. Wow. :D