Filoplume Mayfly SBS

[Longs for Cutts]

That thing is begging to be tied with chickabou or barred marabou for the body and fished as a "whatever" stillwater nymph...

[ScottP]

Wally,

Everything but the wingcase came from a pheasant (pheasabou?). I'll have to see what the chick and barred bou's look like.

Regards,
Scott

[gpatton]

Looks like it will catch fish to me. Nice tie.

[fishbum]

You need to change the title to "aftershaft" not filoplume. Otherwise, nice bug.

[ScottP]

Mr. Kaufmann named it; don't think I'm going to be changing it.

Regards,
Scott

[okflyfisher]

Scott
Awesome tie. You ought to turn some of theses sbs into a fly of the week so they are not lost from the site

[popperfly]

I like ScottP, nice tie......thanks for sharing

[fishbum]

Mr. Kaufmann named it; don't think I'm going to be changing it.

Regards,
Scott

Mr. Kaufmann didn't name it and what he calls "filoplume" is actually "aftershaft".

http://www.2classnotes.com/digital_n...athers_in_Bird

[ScottP]

Mr. Kaufmann didn't name it and what he calls "filoplume" is actually "aftershaft".

I've got his book, The Flytyers Nymph Manual open to page 66, Chapter 18 titled "Filoplume Mayfly"; there are 4 other times where he calls it Filoplume Mayfly. I believe the fly was developed by Gene Armstrong, who also worked at Kaufmann's and was one of the first to incorporate the feather into a number of successful stillwater patterns. Whether it's the wrong term is a moot point; it's what he calls it and I'll be ***** if I'm going to tell him he has to change it. You want to get wrapped around the axle picking semantic nits, knock yourself out.

Regards,
Scott