My son had some kind of festival at school...they were giving away emu or ostrich feathers (I think they are emu). The feathers (herl?) are kind of silver badger colored (dark middle, silver tips).
Anyway, I tied some nymphs with a tungsten head, wood duck tail, and body/abdomen of this feather "palmered" tightly together. I dropped it into a glass of water, and you should have seen the bubble it took down with it. The bubble covered the entire body. I squeezed the bubble out, and it just looked buggy. Took the fly out of the water, gave it a virtual back cast (blew on it) and dropped it in again. It took a bubble again, though not quite as big this time. Over and over, this worked, especially when dried on a paper towel.
This one just has to be a fish catcher. I tied it on a size 14 hook, but will be tying them smaller as well.
Go ahead...tell me it's been done before...LOL
Fly on left is virgin. On right has been baptized in a glass of water.
Last edited by maodiver; 09-09-2009 at 05:23 PM.
Reason: forgot something
"Trust, but verify" - Russian Proverb, as used by Ronald Reagan
Emu/ostrich nymph bubble
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