Whats on your vice this winter?

« **Reply #125 on:** 25/02/2010 at 22:45 »

Nice flies guys! .......... I do like that "MB Spider"

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #126 on:** 25/02/2010 at 22:47 »

Quote from: Goolager on 25/02/2010 at 22:42

No doubts they'll catch Matt.

My MB Spider

should the hackle be doubled/folded on spiders or not?

cheers

Matt

« **Reply #127 on:** 26/02/2010 at 00:01 »

Matt,
not being an authority on spiders I'm not going to tell you how they should be tied but, to me, doubling a hackle lends itself more to a swept back type finish rather than the true -soft, perpendicular, dare I say scraggy result - which would be more desirable for a free drifting river pattern.
The typical, commercial, shop bought 'spiders' have a swept back style - like a traditional wet without a wing (and possibly tail). Dare I say that more river anglers fish spiders down and across (tight line) than upstream dead drift and they are typically pulled on still waters by the majority therefore people are happy to use the mass produced swept back style.

I don't know if this was what you were infact asking but It's my take on things.

I always use scraggy perpendicular hackles for upstream spider fishing.

Iain

« **Reply #128 on:** 26/02/2010 at 00:03 »

Quote from: Mike Barrio on 25/02/2010 at 22:45

Nice flies guys! .......... I do like that "MB Spider"

Cheers
Mike

me too

cracking spids Iain, love them.

Matt , I would say no, check out the SBS's
the flies should look like the ones iain has put up
with the hackle perpendicular to the hook
sometimes even pointing slightly forward

Sandy

« **Reply #129 on:** 26/02/2010 at 00:13 »

Quote from: Goolager on 26/02/2010 at 00:01

to me, doubling a hackle lends itself more to a swept back type finish rather than the true -soft, perpendicular, dare I say scraggy result - which would be more desirable for a free drifting river pattern.

I always use scraggy perpendicular hackles for upstream spider fishing.

Spot on . Almost a simultaneous answer

the flies gotta dance

Sandy

« **Reply #130 on:** 26/02/2010 at 09:55 »

thanks Iain and Sandy.

I'll go back through the SBS for spiders and make a few changes me thinks...

« **Reply #131 on:** 26/02/2010 at 13:51 »

Just a post to say that I wasn't being at all derogatory to swept back spiders or the people that fish this method - it most definitely does account for fish.

« **Reply #132 on:** 05/03/2010 at 17:41 »

A copper quilled cormorant thats worth a cast or 3

« **Reply #133 on:** 05/03/2010 at 18:31 »

this was on my vice last night and ended up here this afternoon

Black wooly bugger with an orange tungsten conehead

Cheers

Matt

« **Reply #134 on:** 05/03/2010 at 18:47 »

Welcome back Baz, nice Cormorant.

Matt,
Twas my intention to swing out bye this afternoon (thought I had your mobile No. on my phone) and see this new build of yours but by the time I got to Kintore I wondered if you'd still be there so left it.
Who's been advocating black WB's with orange tungsten coneheads??

I take it the 3wt wasn't bent today

Iain

« **Reply #135 on:** 05/03/2010 at 18:51 »

Quote from: Goolager on 05/03/2010 at 18:47

Welcome back Baz, nice Cormorant.

Matt,
Twas my intention to swing out bye this afternoon (thought I had your mobile No. on my phone) and see this new build of yours but by the time I got to Kintore I wondered if you'd still be there so left it.
Who's been advocating black WB's with orange tungsten coneheads??

I take it the 3wt wasn't bent today

Iain

I left at about half past two so that my mate was home in Aberdeen in time to get his kids from school.

Nope the 3wt is still in its case waiting for a chance to get to Haddo to A) choose a line and B) catch its first fish.

Lochter was pretty slow today. Although I wish i tried the wooly bugger earlier.

« **Reply #136 on:** 07/03/2010 at 13:25 »

I started fly tying about a year ago and had a bit of success on my own flies in the summer, especially on my "green weed fly" as it was christened by one of my friends. Been tying a few up over the winter and decided to post them as my contribution. Funny how an extreme close up of your creation shows up the imperfections that for some reason my eyes miss whem i'm tying them. Hope you like them.

This one accounted for 5 at Lochter on saturday morning

« **Reply #137 on:** 07/03/2010 at 21:53 »

some recent snatchers

« **Reply #138 on:** 07/03/2010 at 23:25 »

Hi MC72,
Welcome to the forum and well done for posting a large selection of your flies. The quality of your photo's is very good and I understand only too well how imperfections which are invisible to the naked eye are magnified by this.

I've no doubt that your flies will catch fish - never seen anything like your 'weed fly' before ??? but if it works for you then all the good.

A year isn't a long time in fly-tying so well done for trying different types of fly and techniques.

Iain

« **Reply #139 on:** 07/03/2010 at 23:30 »

Yes, great stuff "MC72"

Welcome to the forum

Best wishes
Mike

« **Reply #140 on:** 07/03/2010 at 23:32 »

Won't be long now!

Iain

« **Reply #141 on:** 07/03/2010 at 23:35 »

Oooooooo ........ they look nice Iain, very fishy!

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #142 on:** 08/03/2010 at 09:37 »

Welcome to the site MC72, nice efforts

Nice flies also Iain, is that the aero wing your using in those flies, if so where did you get it from ??
Cheers
Baz

« **Reply #143 on:** 08/03/2010 at 12:17 »

Hi MC72

Today i have been mostly getting crabs

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To form on the tip of my vice. So far they look like this, but it is far from sorted

This is cool though, it took quite a while to get to this.... and there is a lot more movement to introduce yet

It need to shake its claws at the fish, in a come and eat me if your quick enough kind of way

Sandy

« **Reply #144 on:** 08/03/2010 at 15:53 »

A couple of lightweights for the buzzer hatchs in the near fututre, i just realised how better photography is when done outdoors, more flies to come soon

Tightlines,

Baz

« **Reply #145 on:** 08/03/2010 at 17:01 »

Baz,
On the works compyewder so can't see your flies at the mo.

Yes, It's Aero wing - Medium Dun & Cinnamon in the picture. I've this in a few colours - some from the Orvis shoppe & some from Flytying Boutique - Look on his site as he has a picture with all the colours avail, maybe 12 or so which is good for doing sighted posts and mimicking more natural wing colours.

Iain

« **Reply #146 on:** 08/03/2010 at 19:19 »

Nice flies and al-fresco ambience (pronounced om-bee-yonce) Bart.

Sandy what are your claws made from? The pattern's going very well so far

Iain

« **Reply #147 on:** 08/03/2010 at 19:36 »

Nice tying y'all.

I've been tied up (groan) with other things for the past couple of weeks and havn't got back to the vice yet. I'm jealous.

Irvine

« **Reply #148 on:** 08/03/2010 at 21:47 »

Nice flies boys but I'm still enjoying my big book of salmon flies so I made a family of Ally's Shrimps of various patterns

So from front to back they are a Copper Ally's Shrimp, Yellow Ally's Shrimp, Ally's Shrimp, Tummel Shrimp and a Black Ally's Shrimp.

Cheers

Matt

« **Reply #149 on:** 08/03/2010 at 22:14 »

Nice as usual Matt,

You need to get out and try them though.

Iain