December Swap of the Month - Large

[sjo]

My flies are finally done, thanks for your collective patience.
I tied a Swedish version of the Black Bear, Red Butt. It is named Gl?dh?ck and I think that means Glowing But, but I'm not at all sure of that. My Swedish is a bit rusty. Well, what's in an name?
I'll cite the remarks that Chriss Mann made about this fly in his book "Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon":

"The Gl?dh?ck is a black fly, the dark image of which is releived only by the flash of fluorecent red floss used as a tag. Apart from the wing material - which is again Arctic fox instead of bucktail or bear - this fly is almost identical to the Black Bear, Red Butt fly from the eastern seaboard of Canada. Small dark flies, such as this, with a splash of colour as an aiming point for the fish are universally successful, particularly in clear, low water conditions, and are used all over the world."

I tied them on #2 irons, I began with a fluorescent red thread
-the tag is made of fluorescent red tying thread, with a coat of Loon's UV Knot Sense
-the butt is dubbed with red Spectra dubbing
-the body is dubbed on a black thread with Hends Spectra dubbing nr 45 (black) reaching to the end of the hook's loopeye
-the ribbing is an old silver coloured thread
-the hackle is black cock hackle from a Metz skin nr 3
-the wing is black Arctic fox.

The flies will hit the post tomorrow!