Thanks everyone for your help with the crest. I have the urge to tie many different types of flies- so here is my weaved stone fly and caribou hair cripple (before and after being thrown around in the river). Hope you like it!
~Aileen
Aileen,
Looks good! Keep up the good work!
:tieone: Eric
Love the lighting on this one.
Awesome ties!
Nice flies Aileen. I really like the “thinning hair” on the cripple. Some trout may have aged it some.
peregrines
Aileen,
For only tying for about a year, I’d say your ahead of the power curve. Nice looking flies, especially that emerger/cripple. The woven pattern is nice, but that emerger just floats my boat. Would you mind putting the recipe up for it?
REE
This is a fly created by Matthew Grobert and published in Fly Tier’s Bench. Use hook size and dubbing according to whatever mayfly emerger you are creating.
Hook: #16 Tiemco 2487 or 2488
Thread: yellow 3/0 monocord; yellow 6/0 monocord
Tail: dark amber Z-Ion
Rib: brown 3/0 monocord touch-dubbed with brown dubbing.
Abdomen: Yellow 3/0 monocord.
Thorax: Yellow dubbing
Wing: Caribou hair (tied in using 6/0 monocord - since caribou hair is very light and cuts easily, don’t use threads finer than 6/0.)
The fly I tied in the picture looks pretty scraggly after playing around, but I think it made it look more buggy.
Enjoy!