F-C Pearl Shiner

[kelkay]

Does anyone have a recipe for this fly? It looks like from a picture that it uses ostrich, but I could be wrong about that.

[Clay]

Kelkay, I was going to say to ask KelKay from looking at the link and say that I think that she tied all of those, then I look who posted the question - ha. So no I can't help you with the recipe, but the flies in your album are they flies that you tied or flies that you want to tie?

[kelkay]

Those are all flies I have tied myself Clay. That is funny what you said about asking me, and I am the originator of the question. I know that someone tied this pattern, but they didn't use ostrich, I think they tied it with estaz instead. I was just wondering if the tail and body was ostrich, or if the tail was marabou and the body was ostrich. It was hard to tell with the picture I saw.

[ScottP]

Tail is ostrich (if you go to F-C site and type in ostrich, they tell you that) with a little pearl Krystal Flash; body appears to be Estaz or Crystal Chenille, head looks like red thread. They also have a pattern sheet available for purchase but this looks like a pretty simple one to figure out..

Regards,
Scott

[kelkay]

Oh cool, thank you Scott!

[Clay]

KeyKay, you have a lot of nice flies in your album. Looks like lots of hard work went into those.

[kelkay]

Glad you liked them Clay. I am still learning and tying new patterns all the time. It keeps me somewhat sane...lol.

[okflyfisher]

http://www.feather-craft.com/wecs.ph...y&target=JF257

[Wes]

here's a slightly better pic it's the best i can find.
from what i see in comparison to the quick scan of the ostrich herl it's definately an ostrich herl tail.

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i called feathercraft about the pattern sheet and they usps the pattern sheet and i don't have patience to wait that long.

[kelkay]

Thanks everyone. You don't know how much I appreciate all the help.