
Thought I'd try a gold rib on a short shank version.
Waterhen Bloa (Variant)

Well OK - extremely distant cousin!

I was tying up some Waterhen Bloa and thought I'd have a go at tying one that might catch for me. I have had no luck whatsoever with the straight Waterhen Bloa - though I am aware there could be an element of the self fulfilling prophecy here - it doesn't find its way onto my cast very often as I have no luck with it...

This is Pearsall's primrose, well waxed and lightly dubbed with water rat substitute. Tied Clyde style I believe? With the silk spiralled back and a fine copper rib wound in between the turns of silk. Thorax: dyed argentinian hare, a blend of lighter and darker olive, twisted into split thread. Hackle: coot undercovert.
This on a kamasan #14
Andrew