It was a little "tongue - in - cheek" to add an exclamation point to the compliment on your tying
Byron
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It was a little "tongue - in - cheek" to add an exclamation point to the compliment on your tying
Byron
I would probably try something like this yellow and hen pheasant (sz 18 )
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...enPheasant.jpg
- Jeff
Hey REE, I liked your pattern the first time I saw it posted a while back ago and had wanted to tie one up but had forgotten about it as time went by. Thanks for re-posting it and reminding me to tie one up. Is there any chance you would be willing to write it up as a FOTW? I'm a litte intimidated by the thorax and hackling part and am unsure I'd be able to tie it right without seeing it done first. Also, I was just curious why you used a turned up eye on the pattern? Thanks.
Greg
Greg,
I'll submit it as a FOTW. Thanks for asking. I used an up eye hook, because it looked right and Pete Hidy liked those hooks as well. The fly would work equally well with a straight or down turned eye hook.
REE
Ron,
Very nice fly. Do you just wrap the aftershaft on the hook? I like to insert them in split thread and spin the bobbin (kinda like a dubbing loop) before I wrap mine since the feathers I use tend to be pretty fragile.
Regards,
Scott
ScottP,
I do just wrap it on the hook in touching turns, but follow it with the main hackle wrapped in open turns, plus the tying thread is counterwrapped through both the aftershaft and main hackle to reinforce both feathers and bring the thread back to the eye of the hook.
REE
This:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/p1020061.jpg
HOOK: Daiichi 1560,#16-#18 or TMC 3761 #16-#20
THREAD: Gordon Griffith 14/0 Sheer Brown, Danville 6/0, #47, Tobacco Brown
TAIL: Partridge, lower back, speckled Brown
RIB: Wapsi, copper/brown sm.
ABDOMEN: Danville 6/0, #47, Tobacco Brown
WING CASE: 6 strands, Holo Flashabou, Black
THORAX: Natural Mink underfur
LEGS: Partidge, lower back, speckled Brown – V Notched and tied in in front of thorax, wingcase then pulled over.
PT/TB
Here are a couple of my favorites:
PMD emerger tied under a parasol for presentation just under the surface film:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...Emerger-11.jpg
This is what I trail behind the parasol fly, KG's Halfback/foamback emerger:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...mbackPMD-2.jpg
Kelly.
Nice ties there Kelly! I may have to try to imitate some of those. PMD patterns are almost always effective around here.
that is just cool Kelly, i have never fished a parasol, thought they were a gimick, until i saw that you use one with success