FLYMPH FORUM

Hi all,

I thought the rain would finally stop but no such luck. Yesterday evening, I stopped by the fly shop and hung out with the owner and tied flies. It is amazing that we really don't communicate well verbally but we do understand the universal language of fly tying. His English is much better than my Japanese. When I try to communicate in Japanese the conversation quickly turns to English, that is how bad I am. He has taught me a lot about fly tying and his mastery of thread control is amazing. What takes me three or four wraps he does in one or two wraps. It is amazing to watch him at work. We tied with orange silk and my mystery feather. The flies in the pictures below were all tied on a #16 Dohiku hooks, orange silk floss (2 strands), and partridge for the hackle and at times a dubbing loop of chickabou tips prior to the partridge feather.

Otto

Two more pictures...

Those ties are gorgeous! Well done.

Beautiful flies, fly tying and fly fishing seem to overcome language and culture.
Mike.

Very elegant flies.

Stunning flies. I am more than a little envious of your opportunity to spend rainy days with such a fly tyer.

Thats a stunning pattern. So the wraps over the orange body silk is Chickaboo tips in a loop?

Yes, the chickabou tips are in the dubbing loop. It works quite well.

And yes, it's still raining. The first 12 days of the month and we've already had 5.5" of the stuff. It was pouring down at 5am this morning, too. If it ever lets up I'll go check the rain gauge. The damn lawn still thinks its May! ...irritating; I'm tired of mowing grass!

These patterns are absolutely stunning to behold! I just cannot believe the incredible beauty within each tying! Perfect in every way and with every turn!