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Title: Experimenting with Octopi
Post by: Robert MacDonald-Lewis on 07/04/2023 at 06:56

Not sure I have the correct plural, my spelling is a disaster at the best of time in any case. Anyway, I have been trying my hand at Octopus Style wets, not a style I have really used with real intent before, but they look fishy and should move well.


(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/958-070423065322.jpeg)


(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/958-070423065509.jpeg)


(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/958-070423065632.jpeg)

Title: Re: Experimenting with Octopi
Post by: Steven Kidd on 07/04/2023 at 08:57

I love the look of that yellow one Robert, :-)

Nice!!

Steven

Title: Re: Experimenting with Octopi
Post by: John Wastle on 07/04/2023 at 10:20

They look great. Do you wind the mallard as a hackle or tie it in as a cloak like a dabbler?

Title: Re: Experimenting with Octopi
Post by: Robert MacDonald-Lewis on 08/04/2023 at 09:02

Cheers guys. On these flies I have tied the mallard in as a hackle, by the tip and typically wound 2 or 3 turns of each.