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Pardo & Chestnut
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Whiting Farms Coq de Leon hen, medium pardo
Rib: Wire, gold fine
Body: Bronze mallard barbs, dyed chestnut
Cheers,
Hans W
Okay Hans. Counter-wrapping the rib this time? How do you decide when to counter or not? Just asking.
Oh and I should have looked on your site about Tup's dubbing and stated such in my post within that thread. Thanks for keeping all the great information in your site.
Cheers.
Allan
Sound question. In this case, with this body material, the pitch of body wrap and rib would have been too similar, which calls for reversing the direction of the ribbing turns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allan
Hans,
Just out of curiosity I have a request.
I wonder how that same pattern would look if you tied in the rib at the bend and the body material at the thorax, wrapped the body toward the bend, secured it with the rib and wound the rib toward the thorax? The 'pitch' would be different and the angle of the rib would be reversed. I just have a feeling that the result would be 'nicer'. Would you mind trying that and posting the result?
Cheers & Thanks for your patience.
Allan
Is what I did in the Usk Naylor videoQuote:
Originally Posted by Allan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtcAg_TyiCE
Have a look. If you still want me to do the Pardo & Chestnut - I can/will.
Cheers,
Hans W
Hi Hans,
Yes, I know that you've tied the way I mentioned above. Very nice use of mallard for the body of the Urk Naylor. I'm not a fan of counter-ribbing and don't care for the look. Also, if the tier isn't careful, the counter-rib can easily loosen at the tie down point and slide all over the body. JMHO and the trout probably don't care. The reason I asked you to tie it was because you could do it with the exact same hook and materials and then photo them side by side for comparison.
Cheers,
Allan
Great video on the Usk Naylor. I'm curious as to why the color purple. Does purple stimulate strikes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Weilenmann
Here you go, Allan.
I kept the hackle short for max visibility onto the body.
http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweile...chestnut_2.jpg
Cheers,
Hans W
TF,Quote:
Originally Posted by TyroneFly
The Usk Naylor is a classic Usk river pattern - and is tied with that color silk. Purple has been used for a number of patterns over the years, most notably the Snipe and Purple. In steelhead patterns the Purple Peril comes to mind. Then there is a tarpon fly called the Purple People Eater... :cool:
Cheers,
Hans W
Hans,
Thank you. Appreciate you taking the time to help satisfy my curiosity. Which technique do you think is more eye(ours) appealing? Any comments by others?
Cheers,
Allan
Allan,Quote:
Originally Posted by Allan
Wrapping thread and materials in a single direction (for me, and for most of us I think, this means over the shank and 'away') has become more natural as a result. I only wrap the other way if there is good reason to do so.
Appealing I think is all about what one is used to seeing as the norm, and deviating from it.
Cheers,
Hans W
Have your cake and eat it too?
Couldn't resist.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psb519dbfb.jpg
Hans,
Thank you for the reply.
On the occasion that a counter wound rib is called for (for the reason Hans already stated) I usually counter wind the body material and then wind the rib in the usual direction. Probably because the first time I counter wound the rib it came loose on the first fish. The rib is only held with a couple of turns of thread, whereas the body material is tied down with twice the number of turns of thread (the ones tying off the body material, and the ones tying off the rib), and by the rib itself. Where I differ is to tie in both body and rib material at the tail and wind toward the eye.
Cheers,
A.
There is a reason why one of the ways I spell 'fly tying' is C-H-O-I-C-E-S :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanB
Cheers,
Hans W