What Have You Been Tying Today?

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

A couple of wire bodied flies.

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

A simple Pheasant tail and CDC dry today.

[James Laraway]

And i have been on the lures for the brownies...

This one is tied using pheasant 'junk' feathers which are very light and fluffy ( almost like CDC)


You will notice that some are tied with pseudo-hackle for the body which i think will give good shine and movement

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

Crackers. The movement of that pheasant feather and the flash must make them deadly.

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

A simple Greenwells Spider

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

An experimental wet pattern.

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

A Muddled May style fly today.

[Ben O'Neill]

And i have been on the lures for the brownies...

This one is tied using pheasant 'junk' feathers which are very light and fluffy ( almost like CDC )

There is an American lad called Gunnar Bramar who ties a "pheasant-boo" lure he calls the pheasant bugger... it looks great. The hen has some beautiful barred marabou like feathers too

This was tied with a pair of "waste" feathers from a hen that were 2/3rds fluff along the shaft. I think it actually looks a bit cray-fish like in the water...

[Ben O'Neill]

[Ben O'Neill]

T.E. Pritt's dressing No.5.

[James Laraway]

when you say hen, do you mean hen pheasant ?

i keep mulling over getting a full hen pheasant skin...

There is an American lad called Gunnar Bramar who ties a "pheasant-boo" lure he calls the pheasant bugger... it looks great. The hen has some beautiful barred marabou like feathers too

This was tied with a pair of "waste" feathers from a hen that were 2/3rds fluff along the shaft. I think it actually looks a bit cray-fish like in the water...

[Ben O'Neill]

I've been trying to tie in batches to improve my tying... and following advice I heard from Stuart Foxall re: doing a certain stage on all of the flies... e.g. all the tails & bodies... followed by all the wings etc...

It's certainly made me a bit more consistent and as I don't have a fixed tying desk it suits my sporadic time allocation AND as your grannsaid a stitch in time saves 9... it's been a nice little learning booster

[James Laraway]

a wee 'wooly bugger' variant that i have seen on Insta so thought i would give it a try. It in its turn is very similar to the 'thin mint'

I like the red tags from and back, the slim profile and opal mirage body
 

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

A simple wee midge emerged (size 18)

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

Had plans for a couple of trips derailed for various reasons, but intending to take to the the hills tomorrow in the hope of beating the wind.  Took the chance to fill a hole in the box, and the argentine hare dubbing I used for the DHEs gave me the inspiration for a snatcher pattern.

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

As caddis or sedge pupa pattern from yesterday:

[James Laraway]

my photos are rubbish and i need to get better at them but this one is a wee hopper muddler affair..

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

Looks deadly James.

I have been playing with some small stuff recently:

[James Laraway]

some more muddler madness - just using whatever feathers i have kicking about - mostly mallard, teal and grouse

[Ben O'Neill]

my photos are rubbish and i need to get better at them but this one is a wee hopper muddler affair..

Photo is easily good enough to show that's a killer 👌

[James Laraway]

some more messing about - Liking the colour blue at the moment...

Some light blue crinkle flash for the tail, blue tinsel body, grouse hackle and bronze mallard

[Robert MacDonald-Lewis]

Won't be too long till the Heather fly will be out.

[Kav Ring]

And i have been on the lures for the brownies...

This one is tied using pheasant 'junk' feathers which are very light and fluffy ( almost like CDC)


You will notice that some are tied with pseudo-hackle for the body which i think will give good shine and movement

Sorry haven't been on the forum for ages. These look great. I have tied some 'bugger' type flies with pheasant marabou type feathers and the work well and look good in the water