As you are aware by now, I have jumped fron the frying pan into the fire. I know I do not have the skills or talent to be tying a really good fly, but it is really relaxing and fun to try. Classic Full Dressed Salmon flies require skills that obviously I don’t have and more than likely, due to my age won’t ever acquire. You really need good eyes and steady hands, something that is beginning to fail on me.
Any way, this is a pattern that my friend Childers invented and is a signature fly of his. He did a SBS at my request. I can name about ten faults with it but feel free to critique. Tied as Childers ties it, it is one of the most stunning flies I have seen.
Whatever those “fault’s” are that your talking
about , there to small for me to see. I think
it look’s great. But if your really not happy
with it , please feel free to send it to me.
I would be glad to take off your hand’s.
Quite a lovely fly, actually. A couple things I noticed. The married wing seems a bit too long as it extends past the tail and topping. The tail and topping don’t meet, though the topping is a beauty, wonderful fall. The underwing is showing a bit over the married wing. The head is a bit misshapen, not the sort of short, blunt bullet head I’m used to seeing.
Of course these are all made without seeing the original fly, so it could be a pretty good copy. Keep at it my friend, your doing great.
Now there you go Betty, using that charm to make an old guy feel good. I appreciate the kind words.
Ron, what you mentioned are just a few of the flaws with this fly. As far as the under wing showing above the wing, the original pattern has considerably more showing through. That was a question I asked Childers as well and he said it was part of his pattern so there was no real right or wrong. When I set the wing, I worked so daggone hard to get the tips at the back to be perfect and I think at first they were but I had to reset the wing and I think I messed them up resetting them. I’m always having trouble with the head on these flies. Back to the drawing board.
Texfly, that’s just plain nice. If I was a more confident tyer, I would gladly tie one up and send to you. Thanks.
See, that’s what you get when you don’t see the original fly. Have you tried using a very tacky wax on your thread when building the head? It helps keep every wrap in place, and no cascading thread wraps.
No but I sure am going to. I had reached a point with trout flies, spiders and those type of flies I was pretty happy with the results but this feels so different. I hope I get it sooner or later, preferably sooner than later. Were you able to look at the original fly and see how beautiful it is?
