La Fontaine Deep Sparkle Emerger and Emerger Patterns

[lastchance]

When tying these patterns is the body the only color to worry about when matching the natural? In other words, a tan body for a tan caddis, an olive body for an olive caddis, etc.? Should the bubble sheath color be a white or cream, and the head any dark color? I haven't tied these patterns in years.

Do you have success using a black bead for the deep emerger or is it better to wind wire lead to the hook shank?

Thanks,
Bruce

[planettrout]

This should provide the answers and it's based on GLF's original design with the materials that are currently avaiable:

http://www.thebookmailer.com/Flies/E...arklepupa.html

I usually use a bead on the deep version...and do them a bit differently...works for me...

https://planettrout.wordpress.com/20...ion-completed/


PT/TB

[lastchance]

Hi Planettrout
Are yours different in that you mix the veil colors?

This should provide the answers and it's based on GLF's original design with the materials that are currently avaiable:

http://www.thebookmailer.com/Flies/E...arklepupa.html

I usually use a bead on the deep version...and do them a bit differently...works for me...

https://planettrout.wordpress.com/20...ion-completed/


PT/TB

[Byron haugh]

When I watched Gary tie one in person, the body was sort of a neon green, and the veil was sort of a golden color. The body he did through a touch dubbing technique on a waxed thread. It was quite sparse.

[lastchance]

When I watched Gary tie one in person, the body was sort of a neon green, and the veil was sort of a golden color. The body he did through a touch dubbing technique on a waxed thread. It was quite sparse.

Hey Byron. Every time I read Kapaa, Hawaii, I dream. My sister is going with a group to visit Hawaii early next year.

[planettrout]

Hi Planettrout
Are yours different in that you mix the veil colors?

Yes...the mixing of the veil colors is something GLF did not incorporate into the original pattern and he used a different type of yarn which, as I understand, is no longer available...Byron is correct about a skinny body however, I have caught a lot of Trout with these guys and a "not so skinny" abdomen...


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[lastchance]

Hi
The only thing I believe that is very wrong when I see this fly is a thick veil. Many commercial tiers make that mistake.

[lastchance]

So you're saying you don't think a thick or thin body matters much? I've wondered about that myself.

Yes...the mixing of the veil colors is something GLF did not incorporate into the original pattern and he used a different type of yarn which, as I understand, is no longer available...Byron is correct about a skinny body however, I have caught a lot of Trout with these guys and a "not so skinny" abdomen...


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[planettrout]

So you're saying you don't think a thick or thin body matters much? I've wondered about that myself.

Yes indeed...


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[BBBruce77]

[QUOTE=planettrout;515653]Yes...the mixing of the veil colors is something GLF did not incorporate into the original pattern and he used a different type of yarn which, as I understand, is no longer available...Byron is correct about a skinny body however, I have caught a lot of Trout with these guys and a "not so skinny" abdomen...

The yarns can still be found on ebay, look for Dazzle-Aire or Ultra-Aire. I also have a large amount of yarn that GLF had made up by DuPont back in the late ninties and if this would be of interest to anyone I would be glad to share with anyone that wants some. Leave me a message and I will get back to you.