Last night a relative and I got talking and he asked me to send him a couple of pictures using Emu in a fly.
So I tied these this morning on a #8 Mustaf 9671.
Tim
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Last night a relative and I got talking and he asked me to send him a couple of pictures using Emu in a fly.
So I tied these this morning on a #8 Mustaf 9671.
Tim
Pan,
Nice. Those will have some action in the water. Well done.
REE
Those the fish's attention
Nice tyes
wet
The second pattern made me immediately think 'dragon fly nymph'...nice ties !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
Peacock Herl/Ostrich Herl/Emu Hurl; Peacock Herl, is the shortest, with Ostrich Herl being larger, but not as large as Emu Herl!
All have their proper place in fly tying depending on the size of the hook and the fly pattern. I found that the stem on the Emu Herl is some what difficult to cover over with herl when wrapping the material on the hook shank. I found that when wrapping with Emu herl to make sure that the there is no herl buried under the stem when wrapping. I normally when wrapping the hook shank remove the material from the stem that would be caught under the wraps.
I also found that the Emu Herl stem to be somewhat more stiff, making it harder to wrapping around the small diameter of the hook shank! So to compensate for this I dress the hook shank with a couple of layers of thread wraps to increase the diameter of the dressed hook shank. ~Parnelli
MM, I'm always on the lookout for dragon and damsel fly nymph flies.....I think you are right ....modify the tail .... change colors.... and there you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontanaMoose
Duck: The fly in the picture has a marabou tail and body, thorax of Emu and a glass bead. How would you modify it and what colors would you go for?
Thanks
Tim
Tim,
I'm always thinking trout.
I would first try olive marabou ...shorten the tail and make it more pointed...perhaps make the body fuller...olive emu....suspect there aren't a lot of choices in emu....I'd tie in black and brown too.
I'd use eyes instead of the bead but would try the bead but probably in a darker color.
Then I wouldn't be adverse to trying some peacock Ice dub for the body. Ice dub in a wire dubbing brush is one of my favorites.
Duck, on my laptop screen with my settings, the colour came through as olive mostly. You'd like some of the Umpqua 'gomphid' patterns and those either have a bright cone, dark cone, eyes in either bright barbell or black plastic. The damsel nymphs are almost the same but of course much smaller. Some of my Umpqua dragon fly nymphs are tyed on long shank #6's.
Great post Panman, thanx !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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Originally Posted by ducksterman
Anyone have a favorite source for emu....commercial?
Duck - Here is where I got mine: http://remsset.com/ Go to his site & click on the right side on "shop".
When I last bought some they were $1.50 for a legal envelope stuffed full. I see the price has gone up. Be sure to tell Paul that you want the belly feathers as they are better for fly tying.
Tim
Tim,
Did you dye them yourself?
The ones in the picture were dyed using yellow food coloring. Since the feather is a light dun color the results were a golden Emu feather.
I have some dyed by Rick Z who introduced me to Mr Emu some time back. If my memory serves me right Rick said he used Easter Egg coloring. They really look nice.
Tim