[Matt Henderson]

Iain

whats the dressing for that one iain?

cheers

matt

[Paul Garrigan]

Baz, my 'standard' pennell has a mirage rib and it's better than yours!  You'll be tying traffic light bloodworms next!
 





Iain

Hi Iain,

What hooks did you use for the Klinks in this picture? I like the angle the body sits at. Klinks are my nemesis!! I think you need three hands to tie em! 

[Barry Robertson]

Nice flies Iain and Ben  
Whats yours made from ben? It looks like a hares mask thats been cut to shape  ???
Eventually got my pennel looking right

Keep the flies coming chaps , good for the inspiration  

[Ben Dixon]

Whats yours made from ben?

Dressing is...

Hook - #2 4x longshank
Eyes - cranked tunsten flat end dumbells with Orvis Jurassic eyes epoxied to ends
Thread - white GSP
Body - Silver / Pearl UV straggle
Upper body - Nat Grizzle zonker strip
Lower body - white zonker strip
Head - Sculpin wool, black on top, below.

The zonkers are trimmed to a fish taper once tied in, same with the sculpin wool on the head.  Tying time is next to nothing but the hairdressing takes a while!

Cheers

Ben

[Irvine Ross]

Eventually got my pennel looking right

Baz

I think you need to change the name of your flee to Bling Pennel

Irvine

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Baz,
            Like the lite brite head. I think it was Jimmy Mcbride I first saw doing that quite a few years back.
Very effective addition to any traditional pattern by the way . Change the colour to suit the pattern.

Also great more fully dressed for instant muddlers!

Irvine, "Baz's Bling Fly" , has a certain ring to it ? 

Paul.

[Iain Goolager]

Paul (fish),
The hooks are  http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2593.msg21355#msg21355

Iain

[Ben Dixon]

Butt Monkies on the vice today in anticipation of the first decent March Brown hatch  

This one is a small one, #6.

Cheers

Ben

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Ben,
             Ok. Since no-one has asked the question .

Why are you tying smolt imitations ?

 Do you know of a place where big troots eat smolts on their downstream migration, (usually Maytime ) ??  or   am I reading too much into this ?

Just wondering .........

Paul.

[Ben Dixon]

Hi Paul,

I may know of such a place 

Smolt fly looks great in the water and swins even better since I bent the shank slightly to the side but, that pattern, with all the rabbit, wool & tungsten is tough to cast.  May have to try something else with synthetics.  That fly is revision three, I could only cast the 1st on a 10wt, number 2 didn't look right in the water and this one is as close I have to being workable. 

Yesterdays butt monkies scored well today 

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers

Ben

[Noel Kelly]

Hi Paul,

Yesterdays butt monkies scored well today 

Tell us more....

[Ben Dixon]

Tell us more....

Can't do that Noel, sensitive!!  Will drop you a PM

Ben

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Ben,
             Gonna PM me too! I,m intrigued.
Paul.

[Michael Buchan]

Heres a Couple i tied last night

Floating mouse thing i saw on the net and wanted to have a bash at tying



And a few Harroups Transitional Duns for the Don. 



View from the side.



Michael

[Ben Dixon]

I'm liking the "floating mouse thing" 

Ben