Fontinalis;
Very nice tie, piece of art. What size hook did you use ? Wish I could tie married wings lol lol
Fontinalis;
Very nice tie, piece of art. What size hook did you use ? Wish I could tie married wings lol lol
that's a beauty, andy.
give marrying wings a try. it's not that hard.
MSD53X:
That is a size 6 hook. I fish this wet flies in size 6 and size 8. Here a helpfull tip for you. Cut a decent size piece of duck quill off one feather. Now with your bodkin cut the feather in half along the seems of the quill. Place the lower half of the quill between your thumb and index finger. Next using your other hand take the upper half of the quill and align it up with the bottom piece that is still in your thumb and index finger. Once you have them aligned start gently stroking the two section together and you will see them start to lock back into one again. Continue this light stroking and minimal bending the entire length of the feather. When the whole quill locks together to form a single feather again you have just married you first feather. Don't care if it's off alignment at first just care about that the two segments married back into one. Now seperate again and start all over. In just a little time and practice you can now make married wings. So no more excuses, but I and others will entertain a lot of questions that we all would be glad to answer. So now act like NIKE and just go do it.
Beautiful fly!!!
A superb piece of work.
Recipe im Bergman I suppose??
Hi Donald:
Actually this pattern is one that is listed in Ken Sawada's book 400 Wet Fly Patterns and Techniques. I have not corresponded with you here for some time now. Thanks for the comments and I hope all is well.
Andy Brasko
Looks very nice. How do the fish like it?
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
Whoa! Beautiful fly ... there's no way that fly would ever see water, were it mine!!
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Hi Big Bad Wulff. This fly is going to field trial in 2009 along with another fly that I will be posting soon called the Cassard.
Hi Betty:
This fly I am going to frame. However all the others will be fished no matter how they look. Believe it or not I love to fish with beautiful flies like this. I know it doesn't matter to the fish, but it does to me. I really get a feeling of great satifaction of fishing with a beautiful fly like this and being rewarded with a Trout.
Thanks for all the kind words on this one. I will be posting a Cassard next which has won my heart on appearance. You will see what I mean when I post it in the very near future.
Fontinalis
AKA: Andy Brasko
If my flies were that beautiful, I wouldn't fish them! Good work!
Steve
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