Crane Fly/Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift

[gqualls]

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.

[ScottP]

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

[Joe Billingsley]

Another good one:
http://globalflyfisher.com/video/bruns-tipula

Joe

[Uncle Jesse]

Joe, that's a good looking fly, but I really have to work on my Norwegian language skills.

[johnstoeckel]

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.

[gqualls]

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.

[Joe Billingsley]

For a number of years, before I had heard of the Mop Fly, I tied a fly for cranefly larva that was nothing but chenille wrapped around a long shanked hook with some of it hanging off the bend. It worked better than the more involved flies that I also tied. Gray variegated chenille was the best color for here in northern New Mexico.

Joe

[okflyfisher]

when i lived in Denver i used a buckskin nymph as a crane fly larva in light tan which was dark tan when wet and it worked great. the same fly in a smaller size made a passable cased caddis which also worked well

[Silver Creek]

Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift yarn (Oyster) has been used as a substitute for Chadwick 447 yarn to tie the famous Frank Sawyer's Killer Bug. Another substitute is Patton's 229 yarn. Although it is not a close substitute, you could tie some Killer Bugs.





As you know, Sawyer's Killer Bug is second only to Sawyer's Pheasant Tail Nymph as a Frank Sawyer Pattern. The best substitute for Chadwick 447 is Berroco UAF1214. Berroco on top and Chadwick on bottom. Next are comingled killer bugs tied by Phil Anderson, 3 are tied with Chadwick and 3 with Berroco.



https://thelimpcobra.com/2013/10/18/...rs-killer-bug/

http://www.williamsfavorite.com/killer-bug-gallery.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt61pj90nU8

[johnstoeckel]

Just ran across this and thought it might be of interest.
http://www.orvis.com/news/fly-fishin...com%2FNews+Fly