Partridge & Orange - the Gravelbed request

[Hans Weilenmann]

Gravelbed wrote:

Could I put forward a request from you!! could you please tie-up a Partridge & Orange size (18#), using the same method you used for the Bronze & Peacock, then post us the result on the forum.

Here goes. I left the thorax area 'bare', so the swell of the trimmed butts of the barbs can be clearly seen. A small amount of dubbing can be used to obscure if so desired.



Partridge & Orange #18 - collar fashioned by tying in partridge barbs.

Cheers,
Hans W

[gravelbed]

Thank You Hans...

That answers all my questions, I'm sure that we can now use-up some of those wonderful hackles that would have been too large for tying small fies.

"Thanking You " for your time and effort...... gravelbed.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Gravelbed,

While I prefer to tie in a bunch facing over the eye, an other approach is to the them in as last material, butts over the eye. No thorax bulk, but more difficult to produce a small neat head.

I suggest you try both, and see where you end up.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Hans Weilenmann]

PS Do not overlook the third option - insert barbs into split thread, spin, and wrap stroking back the barbs with each turn.

[Hans Weilenmann]

PPSS Or the fourth - find a feather with mottled fluey barbs, and wrap a single barb to get very small wingless wets.

Here is an example


Proton #28


Proton samples on a 1 (euro) cent, about 1/2" diameter

Cheers,
Hans W

[skunkaroo]

What did you do to that poor coin? Beat it with chains?

[Hans Weilenmann]

Beat it?

Nah... bit it, to test if it was real...

Focus on the flies, m'friend, the flies...

Cheers,
Hans W