Ok so i was watching some tying videos and watched the making of the brassie. simple and quick fly. And best of all i ad some of what they wanted. Well not the real fly hook but i did have a regular hook in the size that matched the copper wire i have. So i clamped her in and tied it. tell me what yall think. I didnt have the peacock hurl so i used a pigen feather.
Hope i do this right
Thread 8/0 black
hook size 8 i think
coper wire from phone line
white baby pigen feather for heckle
and black nail polish head
Nice fly, looks like a brass softhackle it ought to catch fish, you might find a sharpie and before tying the next one add some color to the pigeon feather, its amazing what you can do with out the “proper” stuff. tie up a dozen or so.
Nice job
Eric
here is a good article on how to fish soft hackles
I’ve used some of the blue grey feathers from pigeon for softhackles. A great dun hackle. They are nice hackles for a yellow thread body with just a touch of dubbing (a mist).
first, nice fly, good luck with it!
and now i dont mean to continue this further, but i didnt see a new thread about it, but my girlfriends family actually has peacocks and a few other birds and ive been planning on using feathers from them as they fall out, etc. I have read past articles on bugs, but after seeing these posts i will definitely take extra special care to keep them separated and cleaned, but i cant turn down free, useful materials right?
I like that fly. Would probably look very nice also using some Guinea Fowl feathers (Michaels craft store sells a pack of those died in various bright colors for really cheap).
