Emu

[Panman]

Last night a relative and I got talking and he asked me to send him a couple of pictures using Emu in a fly.

So I tied these this morning on a #8 Mustaf 9671.

Tim

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Pan,

Nice. Those will have some action in the water. Well done.

REE

[wet fly guy]

Those the fish's attention
Nice tyes

wet

[MontanaMoose]

The second pattern made me immediately think 'dragon fly nymph'...nice ties !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Steven McGarthwaite]

Peacock Herl/Ostrich Herl/Emu Hurl; Peacock Herl, is the shortest, with Ostrich Herl being larger, but not as large as Emu Herl!

All have their proper place in fly tying depending on the size of the hook and the fly pattern. I found that the stem on the Emu Herl is some what difficult to cover over with herl when wrapping the material on the hook shank. I found that when wrapping with Emu herl to make sure that the there is no herl buried under the stem when wrapping. I normally when wrapping the hook shank remove the material from the stem that would be caught under the wraps.

I also found that the Emu Herl stem to be somewhat more stiff, making it harder to wrapping around the small diameter of the hook shank! So to compensate for this I dress the hook shank with a couple of layers of thread wraps to increase the diameter of the dressed hook shank. ~Parnelli

[ducksterman]

The second pattern made me immediately think 'dragon fly nymph'...nice ties !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

MM, I'm always on the lookout for dragon and damsel fly nymph flies.....I think you are right ....modify the tail .... change colors.... and there you are.

[Panman]

Duck: The fly in the picture has a marabou tail and body, thorax of Emu and a glass bead. How would you modify it and what colors would you go for?

Thanks

Tim

[MontanaMoose]

Duck, on my laptop screen with my settings, the colour came through as olive mostly. You'd like some of the Umpqua 'gomphid' patterns and those either have a bright cone, dark cone, eyes in either bright barbell or black plastic. The damsel nymphs are almost the same but of course much smaller. Some of my Umpqua dragon fly nymphs are tyed on long shank #6's.

Great post Panman, thanx !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

MM, I'm always on the lookout for dragon and damsel fly nymph flies.....I think you are right ....modify the tail .... change colors.... and there you are.