Has anybody ever seen this fly? The upright wing is some type of quill, and they are very fragile. I'd like to duplicate them, but with a more robust feather for the wing.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...psqtuq2gwz.jpg
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Has anybody ever seen this fly? The upright wing is some type of quill, and they are very fragile. I'd like to duplicate them, but with a more robust feather for the wing.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...psqtuq2gwz.jpg
My best guess would be a PMD. As soon as you add a more robust wing you are getting into creating your own version, using your own colors of materials, etc.
Enjoy.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Nope, neither of you wins the golden tier award. It is a style of Mayfly, but not a no-hackle. There is a single wing, tied into a spinner-like body, hackle out to the sides, and it is a very fine feather, fine enough that you can actually see through it. Might be a CDCfeather.
Wally wing?
Wow, I think that might be it. Only WW's are made with hen, right? This feather has a teensy tiny back to it. But I think we're gaining on it.
A Wally Wing fly (with 2 wings)
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psnuwm6st5.jpg
Not my tie above, but when I tie them, I use mallard flank feathers
I remember those now, and that is still not my wing. It is a single feather, tied down on top at a short distance from the end of the feather, then bent around and the filaments of the feather tied down at the same point as the original tie down.
Could we get a better look at it?
A bigger image with a contrasting background (white, black or light green paper) would help us solve your mystery.
Will try to get a better pic.
I have seen that style before. I think it's a Wally Wing, but I think Wonder wings are very similar and much easier to tie. Look in the Fly Tier Beachside Reference if your have access to one.
I think that it is a single so-called Origami wing.
Does it look anything like this:
http://www.fish4flies.com/Dry/Winged...i_Winged_Olive
Not the Origami wing, but thanks. Should have asked Leeson and Schollmyer first, it's the halfl-hackle wing, on pages 261 and 262. Now to work on doing it.