wet flies tied with wing quill segments like mallard or turkey. i dont care if youre an old pro, or if this is your first time tying this style of wet fly. traditional patterns or your own variations.
lets say 10 tyers total, 9 + me. signup deadline by january 31, flies to me by march 15. this will give everyone time to tie some really nice flies, and i can get them back out by most everyone’s “opening day”.
[edited to add]everyone ties 11 flies so we all get a complete set back.[/edit]
the next post will be a list of whos tying and what.
toe tags and SASE as usual. please post recipes on the board for all to see. i will take pictures for posting at the end of the swap.
ready? GO!
Everyone dies. Only the lucky ever truly Live. Take your time.
Chris-Bishop, CA, USA
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Hook: Any wet fly hook that’s 1X shorter than standard (I’m using a Mustad 3399A hook). Sizes 12 to 18.
Thread: Black, 6/0.
Body: Peacock herl.
Wing: Mallard flank feather.
Hackle: Soft tan, cree, ginger or brown neck hackle, tied wet style. Hen hackle will also work. (This is another place to use up some of that cheap hackle you probably own.)
if you could change the flank fibers to quill segments, its fine. i would prefer patterns have 2 “wing quill segements” for wings, such as a traditional baetis wet, a royal coachman wet, iron wing dun wet…the wings are whats important.
jack hise–
as long as its also a wet fly and meets the wing criteria, thats my only concern.
my reasoning is that i absolutely love tying the quill style wings. its a fun technique to use, and when they come out “just right”, the flies are simply beautiful to look at. theyre alot of fun to fish on a swing, too…
Everyone dies. Only the lucky ever truly Live. Take your time.
Chris-Bishop, CA, USA
[This message has been edited by tyflier (edited 13 January 2006).]
Chris;
Change mine to a Leadwing Coachman. It will be more in line with the theme of your swap. I don’t know what size yet, 12 0r 14.
P.S. I tied one first as you know hatred of wings!! I must be getting better cause it’s going in my box!!
I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!
I will join this swap. My pattern will be the Parmachene Belle. Now far as one of your previous post’s, Flank feathers is a term that has been used for some reason for wings on a Traditional winged wet. When you cut a segment out og the flank feather it’s called a slip. You need a flank feathers that are paired left and rights. Examples of this would be the Grizzly King or the Professor and to go a step further would be the Cobler or Tomah Joe. To me when you use the term traditional winged wet, it means duck or goose quills, Turkey, Guinea Hen, barred Wood Duck, Bronze wood duck or Teal and lastly plain old paired left and right mallard flank. I do not know much about wet flies, but this is my interpretation.
Andy B
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this whole “traditional” thing seems to have caused confusion.
first of all, Andy B, you are the last person that should be saying “i dont know much about wet flies”. ive heard the stories, and seen the flies. im honored to have you in this swap.
secondly, my definition of a traditional wet fly uses primary or secondary feather quill segments for the wings. this doesnt include flank feathers, for my purposes. i do not want to start a debate as to what constitutes “traditional” in terms of the wing style of the wet flies.
i simply wanted to start a swap for feather wing wet flies tied from wing/tail quill segments. thats all guys. im sorry for the confusion.
Everyone dies. Only the lucky ever truly Live. Take your time.
Chris-Bishop, CA, USA
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were just past halfway through the signup, and things are looking good. so far, we have a few very talented tiers, and a couple ive yet to have the pleasure of swapping with. im glad youre all on board.
Everyone dies. Only the lucky ever truly Live. Take your time.
Fly will have to be determined…But I’m leaning toward a Black Gnat already I just like the look of that fly…but I’m not sure about the wing on the wet version…I’ll do some digging and see what I might have jump out at me…!
well, since you don’t mind some one trying this style for the first time. i’m going to give it a shot…with the marlboro show coming up i could look for a book or two and see what i come up with.
