HOUSE FLY - Fly of the week - May 31, 2010

[Wildnative]

I enjoyed the story behind this pattern. Nicely done.

[Gandolf]

Hi Al and Gretchen,

Thanks for the article, nice job, and the background information was also interesting to read.

We have a small pool in the backyard, which my wife and I filled with water last night. This evening I looked at it and there are a LOT of bugs on it, some small (maybe #14 or #16 white moths), and a ton of flies. Some look like bottle flies, the larger ones, and there are smaller ones that look like house flies.

Good pattern, now I need to tie some also.

Thank you for the great pattern.

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

[DavidInMD]

I tyed up some of these, but I had trouble using the specified kevlar thread as legs; would not behave when wrapping the ostrich plume hackle around them. Maybe it's just me 'cause I often struggle with getting hackle to fit where it needs to. Tried really small rubber legs, but had similar trouble. Finally have had good success by just dipping the kevlar thread in Softex first. Gives it a bit more stiffness and keeps it from unraveling.