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Bill,
I concur. I should have termed it Snipe & Purple Variant or some such...
Here are two more samples. The Skues pattern is not a true Spider pattern, but I thought I'd throw it in anyway ;-)
http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweile...lue_spider.jpg
Iron Blue Spider
http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweile...live_nymph.jpg
(G.E.M. Skeus') Medium Olive Nymph
Cheers,
Hans W
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[This message has been edited by Hans Weilenmann (edited 17 December 2004).]
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Hotdog,
Wouldyoumind telling me what you use for the legs.Do you overlap the two sizes or are they end-to-end and what glue you use?
Thanks.
tyeflies
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Tyeflies, the pattern is originated by David Martin who specializes in reailistic flies that are fishable. He has a feature article in the latest issue of FlyTier Mag with step by step instructions.
The legs are made of mono leader material (maxima) using 25 lbs and 8 lbs test. The different daimeters are glued end to end using Dave's Flexcement. The crimped legs are bent using a needle heated in a flame.
The cement does an amazing job, I am really impressed at how tough they are.
David Martin has a realistic fly tying board with discusion forums and lots of other cool info at...
[url=http://realisticflytying.com/index.php:a1175]http://realisticflytying.com/index.php[/url:a1175]
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I was given a robin skin some time ago and came up with this spider style fly http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/41b09...eaJxBBScUMtWW8
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EXCELLENT work everyone! These are the kinds of threads I love, full of great pictures and ideas for flie I haven't tied!
Thanks for sharing!
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Kramer
Oh, I'm out there baby! And I'm loving every minute of it!
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I am about to finish reading "Two Centuries of Soft Hackled Flies" by Sylvester Nemes.
He explains that spiders is an old English term for soft hackled flies. Some of the most famous are the Black or Red Spider and the Partridge series, Green, Orange and Yellow.
These spiders are very effective because the soft hackle moves back and forth in the water creating movement and a life-like appearance.
I have not tied any of these flies but after reading the book, I certainly plan some tying this winter.
Great Book by the Way.
If you can't Fish read about it.
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Wow Vicky! What a scary fly. Thanks to Ron and LF for sharing it with us.
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No rodbuilding today so guess what I did?
http://tinypic.com/1puped
and some of the products that helped
http://tinypic.com/1puqsm
With my flash, the yellow got kind of washed out.
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What did you use for the body?
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