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Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:30 am
by joaniebo
Yes, it can.
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:47 am
by joaniebo
ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:43 am
I needed a laugh today... thanks!
At least you don't call it a flymph.
John
I didn't tie these.....took the pic of the internet after a Google search.
Bob
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:46 pm
by joaniebo
John
But, to be honest, I did tie and fish a lot of soft hackles with the bead behind the hackle.......and many of them worked quite well, especially the Hare's Ear and PTs. (Mea Culpa)
Bob
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:26 pm
by bearbutt
Orvis KNEW better--in the 1970s. But today? LOL--the place is run by MBAs who can't tie a fly to save their life, and don't know a good tie from a bad tie--. Well, that's my 2 cents.
bb
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:08 pm
by DUBBN
Worse? I call that a confidence pattern.
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:21 pm
by Greenwell
Worse? It bears no resemblance in color or form to any stage of the natural Ephemerella Subvaria whatsoever.
Looks like another of those "This is my version of a (fill in the blank)" flies based on nothing more then the whim of some well meaning thread jocky with too much enthusiasm but too little observational experience.
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:15 am
by Johnno
ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:43 am
At least you don't call it a flymph.
I wouldn’t call the first one a flymph either, according to the definition I’ve seen on here:
"FLYMPH - A WINGLESS ARTIFICIAL fly with a soft, translucent body of fur or wool which blends with the undercolor of the tying silk when wet, utilizing soft hackle fibers easily activated by the currents to give the effect of an insect alive in the water, and strategically cast diagonally upstream or across for the trout to take just below or within a few inches of the surface film"
It’s that last bit I think the bead has issues with.
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:14 pm
by flyfud1
I'll throw in my penny -- not a flymph. A beaded soft hackle or a bead head soft hackle is what I would call it.
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:58 am
by Old Hat
"Thread Jocky".
Re: Can it get any worse?
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:46 pm
by Fishnkilts
Johnno wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:15 am
ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:43 am
At least you don't call it a flymph.
I wouldn’t call the first one a flymph either, according to the definition I’ve seen on here:
"FLYMPH - A WINGLESS ARTIFICIAL fly with a soft, translucent body of fur or wool which blends with the undercolor of the tying silk when wet, utilizing soft hackle fibers easily activated by the currents to give the effect of an insect alive in the water, and strategically cast diagonally upstream or across for the trout to take just below or within a few inches of the surface film"
It’s that last bit I think the bead has issues with.
Finally, a great explanation to what a flymph is that I understand.