New Fly.....Old Friend

[flymaker2]

While developing a new fly - a very big one at that, I was taking a few photos of them and found Angel to be well positioned to give me a hand showing it off

This fly is just over 10 inches long and is essentially hollow. For now I am calling it a "Flathead Fatfish" and it is a saltwater baitfish imitation.

Construction: 8/0 Hook, Yak hair and synthetic flash material bunches are laced around the periphery of a foam disk.This technique allows this fly to have a huge profile, yet remain ultra-lightweight and maintain castablility. This fly is designed to be worked behind a popper head. However, it just may work OK all by itself too. Three of these have been sent out to a guide for offshore testing.

Rich & Staff

[This message has been edited by flymaker2 (edited 25 July 2005).]

[mwebb]

WOW !!!!!!
Is that my next X-wife?????????

[Warmouth]

I don't know what she's fishing for, but with a fly that big...it probably isn't very bright to be wading in the water.

Warmouth

[Fly_Line]

That's not some of her hair in that fly, is it?

What fly are you guys talking about?

REE

[hikepat]

You all be carefull what you say. Thats my sister you are all talking about, ye all hear.

[RickB]

hikepat,

If that's you're sister let American Angler mag know. They are trying to track down the Hardy Angel and have promised a column (in September I think) with the details. If they include a phone number I predict it will be the highest selling issue in the history of the mag!

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Fish more, work less!

[Bamboozle]

If I find her I'm keeping her!

The heck with American Angler!

[Gardenfish]

I looked at the recent Hardy catalog and there was nary a picture of Angel. This is a corporate booboo of the worst kind. How could they?

[Faruk Ekich]

What a coincidence! This morning I was reading Paul Marriner's : Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies and just finished the chapter on Black Bear or "Butt" series hair wings.
As Paul writes:" Often, they are referred
to simply by the colour of the "but",e.g.,
Green Butt or Red Butt.
Rich , If you did not name this one yet,
perhaps a Blue Butt?
Best Fishes