Quote Originally Posted by AlanB View Post
The Invicta is a great fly. My preference is for the Silver Invicta, though the original with amber seal's fur is still excellent. You will not find a fly box without them in this part of the world. It is one of my go to middle dropper flies.
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Cheers,
A.

Alan,
Those are beautiful flies. There is a Welsh tyer, Andrew Davies, who has a video on YouTube where he ties a "Silver Invictor" (sic) without the palmered hackle here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2HqLGIURM
He does say that you can use palmered hackle if you with. In my ignorance I thought the palmered hackle was pretty much required for it to be an Invicta, but I am the merest novice in this arena.

Locally I have done well with Invictas tied with olive or yellow floss, brown or furnace palmered hackle, and mallard wings. I'm thinking seriously about tying some with grizzly hackle, and maybe some with orange floss bodies for brookies.


Warm regards from an increasingly warm Tennessee,
Ed