Took a little dark Elk hairs and made on with a tail to see and also tried to start the chenille a little farther back. Can’t quite get the colors to show well in the pic yet though.
So is this better in your eyes? I know the fish will be the final judge, but you guys have been at this much longer than I.
Skip
the tail should be on top of the hook shank, not the far side.
looks good,
I also have problems with the tail sliding, make sure you put down a good base of thread before you tie in the tail. It takes practice, There are some professional tiers here who fish their mistakes, they don’t have time to tie for themselves, so they use the ones they can’t or wont sell. The longer you tie the faster and better you will get.
Keep at it
Eric
Skip,
I use that fly, except without the hackle, as an all purpose nymph for trout, bass, bluegills, and crappie.
A Normand pointed out, you do want to keep the tail fibers on top of the shank. To do this easily, tie in the butts of the fibers about 1/4 shank behind the eye, then lift up on them as you wrap the thread back securing them to the top of the bend.
Buddy
We had a customer want a fly tied that was just three pieces of Peacock. Just make a tail and wrap the rest for a body. No weight, no hackle, he sayes he caught trout on them.
He fishes them under splt shot. I tied what he wanted, then tied one the way I thought it should be tied. I weighted it and wraped wire on the body to make it last. I’m waiting to hear from him to see which is better.
Skip, what you’ve basically tied, is one of the oldest and most widely used dry flies around… “The Brown Hackle Peacock”. Although, not used much any more, (except by me, I guess!?), it’s still a good all around “go to fly” for almost any fresh water fish.
As you can see by the picture, (like almost every fly pattern ever “invented”), the tail on this one is a little different and tied using red hackle fibers, which is what the original pattern called for.
The original was also “ribbed” with silver tinsel, to strengthen the peacock hurl.
But, for rougher, tougher, rivers here in the west, I tie mine with red dyed elk. They last longer and float better, compared to the hackle tails.
Good job, on yours too! Bring that tail, up onto the top of the hook shank and you’ve got it!
Have fun!
Thanks and yes I was in a hurry last night when I tied that thing and didn’t notice my tail being a skew until it was too late. My eyes are getting as old as I feel, LOL! I like that silver tinsel and may have to tie a few like that.
Don’t normally have that tail trouble, but this one sure did.
Thank You one and all!
Skip
Skip
Skip, I’d like to see the body thicker towards the front…not narrower toward the head.
In my hurry to get this fly tied I never noticed that until I posted the pic and even then I thought it was some kind of optical illusion, LOL!
I don’t like that either and thanks for pointing that out as I was thinking the same thing just trying to act like that was not there.:oops:
I did not intend on it being tapered at all.
Skip
Skip,
Here’s another variation on the theme; this one is tied with peacock herl and partridge. It a nymph/wet fly I tie. Not my original idea. I found a couple in an old fly box of my Dads. He picked them up in the 70’s. I’ve not seen one just like it but someone thought of it before me. It catches fish and I’m sure your’s will too.
Joe,
That is a very good looking fly and I know it will catch fish! It is one of a few flies out there that you will need to hide behind a tree to tie it on or the fish will attack you! It is a very good looking fly and I am not saying that because I am originally from Ohio. Job well done.
I really like that fly and I bet you will find something like it in my box soon.
Thanks for showing it and I may even need to make it in several different colors.
Thanks again,
Skip
Skip;
Looking at Joe B.'s really nice wet fly, above… was just “thunkering”, with your “night commando talents” and all, what it would look like…tied his way, but right behind the hackle collar, one was to put about an 1/8" of your “glow” material on it!?
That would look good and since you can do about 6 different glow colors. I think though the aqua blue glow or green glow would both go well with the peacock. Maybe even the Yellow/Green one too. The pink may look good too much like a indicator color.
Something to tinker with,
Skip
Naturally, Skip, since I don’t know HOW you make your “secret glo stuff”, this is only a guess, at best. But if you do, somehow “mix” this stuff of yours, in liquid form, (as in, before it hardens into a shape), you might try hacking up a bunch of peacock hurl and mixing it into your mixture!?!
The end result and the reflective properties, of the hurl, with the glo effect would be interesting to see!?!
Thanks for the kind words Warren. Just keep in mind I didn’t invent this one, I just sort of [FONT=Verdana]resurrected it from the past. If anyone knows the originals name or has any details on it I’d be interested. For lack of a better name and not knowing the original I just refer to it as the P&P.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]It was probably tied by someone in the Ligioner area of Westmoreland County, PA. My Dad bought all our flies from over in there. Neither of us can remember who it was.[/FONT]
Alra195, those make excellent caddis emerger’s. I’ve done real well with them during grannom hatches.
Skip. you’re PM- doo-hickie-wickie, isn’t working for some reason? I PM’d you with the following, but it kicked back to me!?
Anyhoo… I checked and that Dunn Elk I sent you WAS from River City. I’m talking to Don, tomorrow, so if you want more I’ll check with him and see what he has!?
I also found, another ten pieces of that dark chocolate mink I sent, if you want any more of that, just let me know and I’ll send some more along!
Same price as that last batch of materials I sent… absolutely nothing… except for your first born and a couple of your spare fly reels!
Let me know!
I got your PM’s and maybe the board just told you it didn’t go through.
Thank You I do appreciate it. I like that mink for sure. Since I don’t have or have not seen and of the Dun Elk I would love to get more if he has any. I would be happy to pay for it. If you get the chance just put a piece of them mink back for me and the next time you send something of if I run out you can send more then.
I am thinking I have some Gemsbok Oryx from when I bought some capes of animals from Africa and it was a stiff hair so we didn’t use it for decoration like we did with Springbok capes I got. I will look for it and if I still have some and you want to try some I will cut you a piece off.
I would get into my Axis Deer capes, but my wife may just shoot me.
Thank You,
Skip