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tie2fish
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by tie2fish » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:48 pm
If I had enough patience to tie up a supply of these, I'm thinking they could well be a brookie magnet ...
Hook: Daiichi 1530, #14
Thread: Benecchi white
Hackle: Jay wing feather fibers
Body: Layer of Sulky Sliver
TM Metallic embroidery thread, #8021 clear white, over wrapped strand of Smolt Blue Krystal Flash
Head: Thread wraps colored with black Pentone pen
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by willowhead » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:11 pm
Holly Cow, that'll work. Make a great Steelhead fly as well.....done on the right hook. i'll send you some Blue Salmon hooks and you can see what you can come up with, using those. Send addy.....one more time........Nice work.....
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by CreationBear » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:11 pm
over wrapped strand of Smolt Blue Krystal Flash
I don't think that fly's possibilities are limited to brookies...
Of course, if you put a hot orange "target" amidships like Charlie Meck's "Patriot " you'd have to beat the little char off with a stick.
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by William Anderson » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:15 pm
I'm curious to see that in person. The sheen on the hackle and the depth of the body must be striking. It's a nice pic too. Cool combo.
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by michaelgmcgraw » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:18 pm
That's an eye grabber! Yup it's a brookie magnet And a Steelhead fly !
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by letumgo » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:31 pm
I gotta "thing" for blue jay feathers. One of my favorites. Lovely little fly, Bill.
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by willowhead » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:37 pm
Jay is not easy to wrap.....can be quite unrulie. Think i'll tye something with it right now.
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by kanutripr » Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:12 am
I'm partial to jay as well. The colours on this fly are so subtle, the way they blend, that they just hit you between the eyes!
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by tie2fish » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:16 am
CB ~ Spot on color reference -- I purchased the "Smolt Blue" Krystal Flash a couple of years back specifically to tie the Patriot dry fly pattern.
w'head ~ You are right about Jay being tough. I stripped these Jay fibers off the wing feather, tied them in sticking out over the eye and then pulled them back before binding them down; I've tried wrapping Jay doing the Invicta and Golden Olive Bumble patterns in the past, even to the point of splitting the feather, but now find it easier to just manipulate the loose fibers.
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by willowhead » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:43 am
Interesting..........that splitting the rachis trick works pretty good, but it's just one more time consumming thing to have to go through. And for a fishin' fly.....i hardly think it's worth it. Fishin' flies should be fairly quick to tye i would think. For my money that just makes sense.....
