Stewart's Black Spider. SbS

[EdD]

Alan,
I like the way you have cropped the pictures.

Although it would no longer be the same pattern, I like the way it would look if you left on the tail. I realize that changes everything about how it hangs and moves in water, but I still like the way it looks.

Thanks for the post,
Ed

[AlanB]

Ed,
That would be like many of the Clyde style patterns, Where the wing is made from the tip of the hackle feather. Not sure how it would look on one of these as the hackle should be "palmered" over the front 1/3rd. That would push the wing back quite a way. You could tie the feather in the opposite way around and use the head to turn the tip back to form a wing after winding it.

I'm afraid I know very little about the Clyde patterns. Donald is your man for that kind of fly.

Cheers,
A.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Ed,
That would be like many of the Clyde style patterns, Where the wing is made from the tip of the hackle feather. Not sure how it would look on one of these as the hackle should be "palmered" over the front 1/3rd. That would push the wing back quite a way. You could tie the feather in the opposite way around and use the head to turn the tip back to form a wing after winding it.

Alan,

Rather than a Clyde style pattern, this sounds more like a Glanrhos design.

Here is a sample in that style:



And here is a link to the video where I tie up the pattern - as always, please view in HD, if able:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOO6bACJV4

A much underutilized design and patterns, btw, these Glanrhos flies. They work well as a standard winged wet, but also fished 'dry' in the film.

Cheers,
Hans W

[AlanB]

I bow to your knowledge Hans. Like I said I've come across this style but know little about them. Could we have the recipe for that one please. That dubbing looks very interesting. I think, for here, a touch of red mixed through it would work well, our waters are on the acidic side.

Notable though that the hackle on that is a head hackle. I'm not sure about the way it would look with more of a thorax hackle as is called for on a Stewart Spider.

Cheers,
A.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Could we have the recipe for that one please. That dubbing looks very interesting. I think, for here, a touch of red mixed through it would work well, our waters are on the acidic side.

Recipe is with the video, and here

Glanrhos Palette
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle/wing: Starling
Body: Squirrel body fur, dyed olive; Glister, purple - mixed 1:1, in split thread

Notable though that the hackle on that is a head hackle. I'm not sure about the way it would look with more of a thorax hackle as is called for on a Stewart Spider.

There is a quick way to find out just that, Alan. Go for it

Cheers,
Hans W

[EdD]

To digress slightly, I love this forum.

Ed