Crane Fly/Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift
One of the rivers I fish has a decent cranefly population. I saw a video (tightlinevideo) and the cranefly pattern was made soleley out of Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift yarn in the oyster color. To me the fly looked very good. I was curious if any of you have used this particular material. I'm also curious if any of you have used this particular pattern. I wanted to get some feedback before buying a skein of this material (110 yards). Thanks in advance.
Looks like a nice, basic pattern which should work fine. Most complicated one I've used was Charlie Craven's http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/fly...m?parentID=100 which is still a pretty easy fly to tie; probably doesn't matter all that much. Never used the stuff but it's just wool yarn so it shouldn't hold any surprises; I'd say take the plunge and spend the $5.00.
Regards,
Scott
Another good one:
http://globalflyfisher.com/video/bruns-tipula
Joe
Joe, that's a good looking fly, but I really have to work on my Norwegian language skills.
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I've tied and used them pretty much like the video, but I used my own dubbing mix that I made to mimic oyster Spindrift. If you're not too much of a traditionalist, the Mop fly tied with a cream or tan plume makes a nice crane fly larva.
Very good advice from everyone ... thank you. John, I never considered the mop fly chenille ... seems like it would be a winner.
Again, thank you all for your input. I believe I'll try some of this material.
Last edited by gqualls; 03-05-2017 at 03:45 AM. Reason: correction
How about a good looking adult.Originally Posted by gqualls
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http://www.robdenson.co.uk/general-purpose-daddy
DonP,
That is a nice pattern; thanks for sharing
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