Flymphs

[cholcomb13]

OK....with the current Spider, SH, Wet and Flymph swap....I decided to try and take a basic spider/SH pattern I done and I've attempted to make the flymph equivalent. This is a simple Hares Ear and Peacock pattern with brown dyed partridge. I used the Leisenring Loop method to dub the body giving it that translucent look...

I've also used a method I read in Allen McGee's book, Tying & Fishing Soft-Hackled Nymphs to help shorten the longer partridge barrules (I like it but like anything I need to practice it)

Thoughts

With tail

w/o

[JeffHamm]

Hi Cholcomb13,

That's a nice fuzzy body that should really add some attraction power to the pattern. The peacock hurl is a good addition as well. In many of Pritt's patterns, he would tie one or two wraps of peacock hurl in front of the hackle as a head, rather than as a thorax. Sylvester Nemes thinks this was probably to immitate the fuzzy heads on caddis nymphs. Anyway, I think you're onto a winner with this one with the flymph (tailed) version. Fished to sink on the drift, then raised with Leisenring's lift, and this should be into fish quickly.

- Jeff

[cholcomb13]

Here's it with the partridge palmered

[DShock]

cholcomb,
Is that partridge dyed brown or natural?
Your flies look great!
Doug

[cholcomb13]

dyed brown....I wanted the darker look...although I should probably try natural for a comparison

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Both flies look great. Good translucency in the body with the spun body. I really, as in REALLY, like the palmered version.

REE

[cholcomb13]

I do too, but I think theres too much hackle, I didn't stripe. I did that with the starling and I didn't care for it that much...but partridge is a different....I'll give it a tie and post pics later.

[DShock]

cholcomb,
That is a good point about too much hackle. All the soft hackle flies I have tied have sparse hackle. They sink better, probably look more realistic to the fish and the flies still catch fish after they get beat up.
I caught you on the hackle color!
Doug

[cholcomb13]

cholcomb,
That is a good point about too much hackle. All the soft hackle flies I have tied have sparse hackle. They sink better, probably look more realistic to the fish and the flies still catch fish after they get beat up.
I caught you on the hackle color!
Doug

OK a small technicality ... "brown dyed" partridge my daughters color birds brown so in their world brown partridges exist

... usually on spiders I stripe and only wrap twice....again sparse is the key, but the palmered and the flymph are little fuller in the hackle area than the typical spiders....

[cholcomb13]

Here's one more....I think this is the one....I striped one side of the partridge....as mentioned earlier I didn't really like the look of the palmered starling...but I do like the look of this