AK was an early influence of mine too. Actually once took a class from him. Total hoot.
As I moved to using wonder wings on my duns, I changed to a more traditional tying sequence. I would point out that AK does advocate cutting the tail stub off at the wing tie-in point.
Originally Posted by Steven
Steven,
I bet that was fun. Talked to him at The Fly Fishing Show at College Park years ago; seemed to be a real decent guy. I see your point on the tail stub; should have extended the wraps back toward the wing pos and angle clipped there.
Regards,
Scott
Byron,
Don't know where he grewup but AK was the band director at Alpena High School for some years. That's about 40 miles south of where I live. He was a good alto sax player.No wonder he's such a great guy!!!
Name notes where I fish and for what I fish.
Scott,
Tried the style, but with a smoother body. Work??
Also wondering about a final step to shroud the bottom of the thorax from the hackling?? Granted, I used the wrong color thread, but it was already handy. What do you think? Without the "shroud", the clipped hackling kind of detracts from the thorax?
Last edited by Byron haugh; 11-04-2012 at 07:17 PM.
Byron,
Try this.
http://www.danica.com/flytier/sschwa..._spent_bwo.htm
This is my go-to dun pattern. The under thorax is the stub of the biot used to wrap the body.
This is the brain child of Bill Heckel (and undoubtedly others) of Frankfurt Illinois. Heckel uses unsplit wood duck wings for his wing. I've since moved on to using wonderwings instead of traditional hackle tips.
Steven,
Why don't you take this as an opportunity to post a separate SBS for this fly. You have the tying and photographic ability.
That's nice of you to say. I don't have the photo capability, though. Hans took that photo.
I don't even have a camera except what's on my cell phone.
Scott,
Nice tie!! Good photography. Clean, clear concise and simple steps.
I like her...and she'd work well where I fish in Wis. spring creeks.
Jeremy.
Jeremy,
Thanks. A fellow tier on another site pointed out to me that the photos have a bit of a yellowish cast to them (I noticed that happens when I switch my little P & S to macro; tried to adjust the hue in IPhoto, but got some weird results). He suggested using a blue flood lightbulb to make the colors truer; I may give that a shot. In the meantime, I'll just tell everyone I'm going through an ochre period.
Regards,
Scott
No sweat Scott, I was too into following your examples to take much notice. You did a lot of good work prepping for that thread! Thanks...you stirred my tying yearn again.
Jeremy.
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