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Index => Fly Tying => Topic started by: Iain Goolager on 03/03/2014 at 23:20
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To be thrown on a light outfit on a wee burn
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Dun to be dun now
Yen
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Nice Iain, very nice :cool:
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Question for you Iain, will the tails cause the arse of the fly to sit in rather than under the surface or they heavy enough to push through the surface tension?
Very nice though...very nice indeed.
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Very nice Iain. Watch the curved hooks though, the shorter steeper curve on the YK4 / B100 gub acts as a better 'keel' and cuts through the surface better, that way you know it'll be fishing as you want it each time and not lying on it's side. That said if you can see it's fishing correctly then the curve of these hooks give a crackin profile, best thing to do it simply try them. :z16
Rob if you wet the tail with spit before you apply any floatant to the wing section it'll cut through just fine (taking ito account what i've just said above).
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Rob if you wet the tail with spit before you apply any floatant to the wing section it'll cut through just fine (taking ito account what i've just said above).
I was thinking the same as you with the length of the shank when commenting on the tail. Long shank and long tail makes for a floaty fly :)
Klink and dink with a blob below? ;) Those wee burn trout love a blob you know :)
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Iain,
After looking at it again, the guys are right. I reckon some bug bond on the the tails would be an idea as this would ensure the abdomen abdomen penetrates the film so the fly fishes correctly. I'd agree re the hooks if, it was possible to get a big enough B100!!
Cheers
Ben
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I'd agree re the hooks if, it was possible to get a big enough B100!!
How big do you want? I have upto a size 2 :) look for a Kamasan B275, come in barbed or barbless.
Identical shape to the B100. Don't be put off by the fact they are a carp hook, they are a light gauge wire. Seen them used for Mayfly Nymphs before.
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Too heavy Rob, look more at Partridge (i had to say that really eh?) Czech Nymph or Czech Nymph Fine 12 - 18 for big flees (see my mayflees / daddies i tied for Hamish last week).
Keep the dubbing sparse as well for 'under the surface' work and if possible use Orvis superfine keeping the rabbit / hare / squirrel stuff for thorax. (Not saying you can't use this stuff for body, just keep it very fine if you do). Also build up underbody in thread which helps keep out any unwanted air and give a bit of 'bite' to the hook.
Phew and this style of fly supposed to be simple as well. :z4
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I like them as they are to be honest, keep it up Iain - I'd fish with them :z16
H :cool:
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Too heavy Rob, look more at Partridge (i had to say that really eh?) Czech Nymph or Czech Nymph Fine 12 - 18 for big flees
I forgot about the stupidly large Partridge Czech Nymph hooks, good call, although the fine version has been a pig to me, with lots of lost fish. I presume its the hook openning in the fight under pressure. The standards have yet to lose me a fish.
Back to the B725 (not 725 :oops), these are what I use for "Carp Klinks". They are a very light hook and when dressed as a klink they float well. :z18
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You guys must think I'm a one sea winter fish (that's my terminology for someone who is new to this fishing malarkey - use it away, but remember where you heard it first)
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I do this dry fly stuff for a livin'
read it and weep hommies.
Ludwig
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Awesome :wink
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Nice fly Iain, couldn't see the tails( are they hair or PT fibres)causing too much problem, indeed if they were PT then they'll be torn off after a few fish :z4
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Nice one Iain dude! :z16
Liam
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You guys must think I'm a one sea winter fish (that's my terminology for someone who is new to this fishing malarkey - use it away, but remember where you heard it first)
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I do this dry fly stuff for a livin'
read it and weep hommies.
Ludwig
Wondered how long it would take :z4
Nice fly Iain, couldn't see the tails( are they hair or PT fibres)causing too much problem, indeed if they were PT then they'll be torn off after a few fish :z4
For that very reason Pete, I'd put money on it being CDL or something like it, can't quite make it out (Iain, see Noel for fotographery lessons)
Ben
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Pleasant tails they are, Pheasant tails they aint.
Peter, :X1 you should know me bedder than that. M-L-A-D F-A-K, Brown to be sure.
My PT fibres go in the nappy bag c/w frame around my vise.
Shalom
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Top job Iain very tidy fly, was there ever any doubt that your fly would not sit correctly? nope you always seem to hit the mark with cracking flies, I always look forward to seeing your posts of flies you have been working on, always crisp and scream fish food to me.
This fly is along the same lines of a couple of emergers that a certain fly dresser / angler from the north west used to have in his fly box, great minds and all that stuff (not Hamish far too small to be one of his).
Was that a Klink hook about a #14 or 12?, nice size for a Danica, they are massive beasties.
I will pinch that dressing and knock a few up myself to add to the huge box of klinks I have already if you don't mind.
Kev.
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I will pinch that dressing and knock a few up myself to add to the huge box of klinks I have already if you don't mind.
Excellent, going to sell some olive deer hair this week :z7
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Don't hold your breath, just found a couple of patches :X2
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Go on Kev..... you know you need it..... you know you want it..... buy it :wink
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Master Muir,
Your words had me welling up as we all know that you are the 'Urban Deer Hair Ninja' and to have a dressing featuring said material extolled by you is
dope.
The fly is indeed suited to Hamish and his happy throng of massive fly enthusiasts - its a size 10!
Knock yersel' out and knock a few up for later in the year.
your loyal servant
Rango
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Sits lovely indeed!
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:oops