Flies of Jim Wynn

[Ruard]

Thank you all, I like the "ribbing effect" , there is no ribbing but only the two colors of the coot hacklestem, just like the quill of the peacock eye. When I saw the picture the first time it was a plesent surprise.

Greeting

[Ruard]

The Yellow Coot



(5) . YELLOW C OOT( JW) .
Hook:15
Hackle: SmalI feather from under a coot wing, again from the bottom
row of feathers.
Body: Two thirds blue fox rabbit, a blue dun shade. Remainder of body
yellow artificial silk ribbed with fine gold tinsel, giving a
sort of yellow tip to the body.
Head: Yellow silk.
Use: This is a very good fly to have on with the Waterhen Bloa. May
be taken for the hatching nymph, or on the other hand it is a good
imitation of the Small BIue Midge or Dun that appears in Spring and Autumn.
It is a pattern of my own invention and quite a reliable one to have on the
cast in March and April or in September and October for the grayling. The
feather from outside a merlin hawk wing may be used as a substitute for
the coot feather.

Substituted the blue fox rabbit for blue underfur of a chincilla.

Greeting

[willowhead]

Ruard, you are amazing and what a great contribution this thread is to the site. Please keep 'em commin'.
Btw, folks.....i forgot to mention it before but i've had this cool thing on my home page (google), for a year or maybe closer to two now.........it's a Monet "Painting of the Day" thing, which actually, shows a different painting of his every time you open a new browser. You can add it to your google browser very easy. Just go to "add things" or whatever it's called.