A Trio of Turtons

[DNicolson]

Orange Black

Hook: #12 Standard wet fly.
Silk: Orange (fluo).
Body: Orange.
Hackle: Natural black hen.



Netted fly

Hook: #14 Drennan
Silk: Yellow.
Body: Yellow Silk.
Thorax: Yellow camel, small.
Hackle: Light partridge feather.



Downlooker

Hook: #12
Silk: Orange.
Body: Orange silk, tapered.
Rib: Black horse-hair.
Thorax; Dark brown camel.
Hackle: Woodcock outer wing

A trio of Turton's flies.
The woodcock in the last fly is being awkward, keeps re-zipping itself,
I suppose it will be ok in the water.

I think I may re-take these pics again for the Turton article.

[Kelly L.]

Nice work, I especially like the middle one!

[Mataura mayfly]

Very nice trio Donald.
I have the same problem with re-zipping barbs with some of the Parrot feathers I use from time to time. Try stroking the hackle with a softish artists paint brush before your photos. The small bristles tend to get between the barbs and seperate them, it may also rid the barbs of some memory or static cling.

[hankaye]

Donald, Howdy;

You have a 'perfecta tri-fecta' ...

hank

[William Anderson]

Donald, still enjoying watching the Turton flies coming together. I like the Downlooker, with the horse hair rib, umbrella hackle or otherwise. Thanks for sharing these.

w

[DNicolson]

Thank you lady and gents, as the 'luvies' say, 'you are too too kind'.
Thanks for the ideas about the woodcock hackle.
I was doing a search of my materials and found a hank of horsehair I bought about fifteen years ago.
It was a greyish (blae) colour, and not very translucent but it took black from a colour pen very
well, thus the downlooker. I'll try some other colours for ribs and bodies in a series.
I have just bought some very fine white/translucent horsehair from Chris Stewart.
I will try it with various thread and tinsel underbodies.

[michaelgmcgraw]

I like all three. Donald, Its great having a historian on site as well as a tyer able to reproduce these flies.