December SOTM

[Gigmaster]

Here is my offering:

The Carpinator

Hook: Cabelas Wet Fly sz. 6
Weight: Med Black Bead-Chain
Thread: 140 Denier, brown
Body: Red Heart Acrylic Worsted Weight Yarn, brown
Rib: Small Gold Wire
Hackle: Brown Grizzly Chinese Neck, palmered forward
Wing: Orange Punisher Craft Fur
Overwing: a few strands of copper Krystal Flash

Carpinator.jpg

I haven't got to test it, yet, but I plan to in the next few days.

[Gigmaster]

Flies are in the mail. I did one thing different than the picture. I took a brown Prismacolor Marker and added a few vertical stripes on the wings. They look better, and things in nature are seldom solid colored.

[Icemanxxxv]

I'm going to have to change my pattern from wool head leech to a glass bead nymph. Seems I'm a bit short on zonker strips but I found these cool glass beads in my bead box that are at least as old as my wool and haven't tied with them yet. Since they have been in the bead box for longer than I can remember they will qualify for this tie.

[Icemanxxxv]

Sometime I just make stuff up. This is one of those times.


Flys 001.jpg
Hook Mustad: R73-9671 2XH 3XL
Thread Yellow 8/0
*Chrome Green Glass Bead
*Vinyl Rib
Peacock Pearl Chrystal Flash
Gold Wire
White Ostrich
Ice Dub Olive

*= Unused Materials

[billhouk]

Flies in the mail. Material not used; white turkey flats, microfilberts.

[sjo]

I sent my flies in the wrong direction, but they will be posted to Rick Z. I tied French flies known in the Jura region as La Peute (The Whore). The body is Yellow dub on a yellow thread, ribbed with one or two Pheasant tail fibers (allowing for breakage). The long time not used material is the Hackle, a Mallard breast feather, the dirty yellowish ones. These flies are also fished in the Belgian Ardennes and the German Eifel region.
Greetings
Sjo
ps, the flies were sent out dec 27th, so they should be in soon.

[sjo]

Nothing yet Rick? Can we get a heads up?
Grtzzz
Sjo

[Rick Z]

Waiting for your flies.
When I get them I will send ev erything out.

Rick

[sjo]

Sorry for delaying the swap!
I sent them to Bilhouk and Bill will send them to you when he gets them.
Sjo

[billhouk]

I've been out of town for a while. Will return tonight.