I have been tying crappie jig for a couple of years now and not long ago started tying flies too. So I do some things that are not as a book or instructor would teach so I have questions some times even this kind…
OK I have seen some soft hackle flies that are similar and I just tied this fly because I wanted to see what it would look like using the gold flat tinsel with the green floss and some duck feathers for hackle.
So what would this fly be called? I know that we should know what we are trying to do, but many times I am just trying to make something (jig or fly) that I think would catch fish. I like to come up with my own things even though I know none of this is new and most likely anything I can come up with to tie has been done before I still like just jumping in. I like using my fisherman’s eye to tie a fly or jig that both fishermen and fish will like.
However I would still love to know if this has a name.
Skip48,
The fly you tied has a Streamer fly body (maybe traditional Wet fly body) and Soft Hackle of a Soft Hackle fly.
You did pretty good! One rule about Soft Hackle flies is, Don’t over hackle the fly! But you can do anything you want! For actual fishing, a standard Soft Hackle fly with a plain body and sparse hackle is the best, in my opinion.
Welcome to the BB!!
Doug
Thanks! The hook is a Daiichi Wet/Nymph #1710 size #6 if that helps. I am pretty sure I didn’t come up with a new fly so just curious as to what it’s called. Maybe some day I will come up with something new, but then again chances are I wouldn’t know it, LOL!
Welcome to FAOL. You came to the right place. That’s a pretty little soft hackle. I’m sure one of the soft hackle experts on here might have an idea to a name that already exists but then again they might not. Just never know.
P.S.
There are some TX fellows on here that might be near you. Take a look at the Warm Water Forum once in a while or jump in on the chat room here.
You live very close to a very good fly tyer who named Bill Heugel who lives on Toledo Bend not far from Hemphill. He’s a member of the Pineywoods Flyfishers and is a great tying coach. The PWFF is a great group of guys (I’m still a member even though I now live 3 hours away). You might try going to one of the meetings in Lufkin. The web site is http://www.pwff.org. Good luck with your tying.
Thanks! The hook is a Daiichi Wet/Nymph #1710 size #6 if that helps. I am pretty sure I didn’t come up with a new fly so just curious as to what it’s called. Maybe some day I will come up with something new, but then again chances are I wouldn’t know it, LOL!
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Skip, Just have FUN with tying flies! Make up your own names for your flies! Try going from the Light- Dark spectrum with your fly patterns. A size # 6 is HUGE for a soft hackle, but maybe you will catch a HUGE fish!
Doug
Nice looking fly. I don’t recall seeing one like it before. Sort of resembles a partridge and green, except that ir isn’t partridge. Call it what you like, until you know different. If I were you though, I’d tie several in each size from 6 to 10. Looks kind of Caddisy to me.
I agree with Ron, a nice fly.
You could call it a ‘Green & Gold Duckie’.
I can’t say I’ve seen a fly precisely like it.
Personally I prefer descriptive names (materials) for flies.
I like the look of your fly. It’s tied on a larger hook than I normally use so at first I figured it was partridge feathers for the hackle.
There are similar white with black fleck type feathers on partridge, so I looked in Pritt’s list to see if anything similar showed up there. The closest I could find was his “Greensleaves” (no. 48 in his list). It is only close because it also uses bright green silk for the body, but it has no rib, and the hackle is from the inside of a woodcock’s wing or hen pheasant wing! In other words, the best of Pritt’s examples that I could find was not very similar at all! (the proposed hackles would be lightish, but not the bright white and black flecked look that you have).
However, it reminds me quite a bit of a Grizzly King (I’ve seen Grizzly Kings with either gold ribs or silver ribs, but I’m not sure which is the official colour for Grizzly Kings?), just missing a red tail.
So, depending upon what convetion you want to follow, I think you could justify calling it a “Grizzly King Spider” to indicate simlarity of colour scheme and materials, or go with Donald’s suggestion to use the descriptive naming (which is more useful in many cases) and you’ve got the “Green and Gold Duckie”.
Call it what you will, I would be surprised if this doesn’t produce well for you. And, if you tie it down in smaller sizes, say 12 and 14, you could substitute a black and white type partridge feather for the hackle.
All great info from you guys and I really appreciate the comments. I don’t know what made me tie that, but it happens a lot that I tie things that come to me that end up different. I do that a lot with jigs and since now I am tying flies more and more maybe there are some things to tie that are new. That is a refreshing thought and actually kind of surprising to me.
Actually I would have thought someone would have already tied this and it would be much harder to come up with a new fly. That is most enjoyable to me when something just jumps in my mind and I tie it and like the way it looks after. I don’t know where this stuff comes from. all I can do is enjoy it and tie what comes to mind.
