Nothing quite as humbling to a fly tyer as looking at a macro version of his work!
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Nothing quite as humbling to a fly tyer as looking at a macro version of his work!
A very nice selection that covers a good range of patterns. I really like the semi-spey Alexandria and the "official fly" at the end. I particularly like the primrose yellow bodied version with the cross hatch ribbing, nice touch.
- Jeff
Jeff
Thanks! After looking again I realize the lighting was quite abit too harsh for what i was trying to do... I got lazy and did not want to set up the diffusion tent and the whites all got completely washed out...
art
Very nice hap. And a happy Memorial Day to you.
Good stuff, Art! These are all very impressive ties. The one that really caught my eye was the full dress salmon fly with all the grouses... stunning work.
Very sweet looking ties my friend. Thanks for sharing. Tight lines.
OldBear
Impressive ties - keep them coming!
The arctic fox on the egg pattern makes a nice veil, but the thing that caught my eye the most is the bottom fly on the 7th picture (the atlantic salmon and spey-like flies)... is the body yarn or dubbing in that rusty claret-brown? Either way, it looks perfect!
Well done!
-Pete
Pete
Thank you, but to be my own best/worst critic, the body is called painting yourself into a corner... It is dubbed with real seal and softer furs to get the sparkle and to get it to behave. The problem is the rib. Standard rules of proportion call for rib to space between at 1:3 with no more than 5 turns of ribbing. With 7 turns and the spacing about right I either lost a rib after the body had gone beyond their tie-in, or misjudged, or ignored the "rule" because it is a spey style. (it was ignoring the rule BTW) Then the blue eared-pheasant hackle did not want to play nice so the hackle starts a wee bit late...
art
hap,thank you for your post.It gave me a chance to day dream.