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video - Sparrow
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 12:46 am
by Hans Weilenmann
Sparrow
Hook: Partridge BIN (Barbless Ideal Nymph) #10
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Tail: Turkey rump marabou
Body: Squirrel, dyed olive; rabbit, natural grey 2:1 - in split thread
Hackle: Ringneck pheasant body feather - sparse, long
Head: Ringneck pheasant aftershaft feather
Video here, best viewed in 720p, and a larger window:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUTRyT8EtNM
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:23 am
by hankaye
Hans, Howdy;
Thing of Beauty..... appericate the 'wet view as well.
hank
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:21 pm
by Kelly L.
The Gartside Sparrow is one of my favorite flies to use. This one is very close to it. I will have to watch the video.
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:20 pm
by paparex
Hans,
When you mix dubbing such as the rabbit and squirrel, do you mix up just enough for the flies you are going to tie immediately, or do you make up a bag and stock it for yourself?
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:24 pm
by Hans Weilenmann
paparex wrote:Hans,
When you mix dubbing such as the rabbit and squirrel, do you mix up just enough for the flies you are going to tie immediately, or do you make up a bag and stock it for yourself?
There is no one answer to that question.
In this case it is the former - I have a bag of the squirrel and a bag of the rabbit. I make the mix on the spot.
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:04 pm
by Kelly L.
Hans, I finally watched the video. Your fly is a little different than the ones I made in the past. It is a great fly here where I live. I need to tie up some more. I am getting low in this pattern. Your video was excellent. I enjoyed seeing the fly wet too. Excellent work!
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:06 am
by gingerdun
Hans,
Thanks for giving credit to the originator of the Sparrow, Jack Gartside. I have heard his name so often but knew nothing about him, including that he was a Boston native. Thanks to you, I finally Googled his name. I read the long string of memorial tributes and anecdotes that his many friends posted after his death. A great character and important fly innovator. Superb video too.
Lance
Re: video - Sparrow
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:54 pm
by Hans Weilenmann
gingerdun wrote:A great character
Yep - and that is no mistake
The very first time I encountered Jack was at the 1993 Flytying Symposium in Somerset, NJ.
Jack was in tier's row, with a big banner behind him on the wall which read: Homeless Flytyer - Will Tie Flies For Food!
On a visit to the UK he enlisted the help of Alan Bramley, the owner of Partridge, to stand guard while Jack skipped the rope at a zoological museum to, eh, manicure a stuffed polar bear.
Etc etc
Yep, a character.
Hans W