Krystal Flash Perditions

[Roadkill]

My Perditions are a take-off of Perdigons. I try to simplify the materials and cut out some stages of the originals.
In this case, I did not use Jig hooks and used the FL hot spot threads for the tying thread on some patterns depending on the under-body color I wanted instead of changing from the under-body tying thread.

My friend Ken had mentioned his recent success with the Gasolina Perdigon...
https://tacticalflyfisher.com/blogs/new ... e-dna-worm

Part of my change for these flies is related my own fishing and to this video about testing hooks and the angle the fish might see...
https://troutbitten.com/2020/03/15/nymp ... -jig-hook/



Here is the first one off the vise...

A Rusty Bown Perdition...
RIMG9908 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company M 28 #16
Thread & under-body- Rusty Brown UTC 70
Tail-CDL fibers
Body-Rusty Brown Krystal Flash
Hot Spot-FL Orange UTC 70
Bead-Copper 5/64"


A Peacock KF body tied with FL Shell Pink UTC 70...
RIMG9891 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
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A Black KF body tied with FL Orange UTC 70...
RIMG9895 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

A Rainbow Crystal Flash Olive body tied with a UTC 70 FL White underbody and FL Shell Pink UTC 70 HS
RIMG9897 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

[Partsman]

Thanks Roadkill for sharing these patterns and the links. Im going to sit down and tie some these up, with the hopes that it warms up a bit in these parts. I have been working on some Bwo nymphs and softhackles. Between batttling COVID and the Michigan winter all I can think of are warm spring days.
Mike.

[Roadkill]

Here is a White Gold Perdition from today...

RIMG9911 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

the thread is FL White UTC 70.

[ronr]

Bill thanks for the posts about hook angle..... Swentoski makes a pretty good argument and now we don;t have to buy a fish tank.. Wondering why you dont coat your perditions with either sally hansens or other resin, ie perdigons....I'm guessing you just consider it an unnecessary extra step..
Also... I love your creative naming of your patterns...hope you didn't drown in that atmospeheric river you guys received.

[Roadkill]

Ron, I did coat the bodies with Sally Hansen's.
But it took 3 tries to load the first post without crashing after hitting the submit button and I just forgot to include that step.

[ronr]

Bill the reason I thought they weren't coated was the appearance of your body is irregular as opposed to the way most "perdition" flies look, evenly coated so as to appear smooth...

[Roadkill]

ronr,

The irregular body is by design; the colors of Krystal Flash are twisted into a rope before winding to create multifaceted faces for light to flash in different directions off the segmentation as it constantly moves in the water. I expect the FL threads underneath the KF will also show through in different tones depending on the depth of the translucent KF rope over it.

Perdigons may reflect light smoothly off the thread base like a mirror, Perditions may sparkle like diamonds.