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Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:16 am
by tie2fish
One more before I start working on the taxes ...
Hook: Daiichi 1550, #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, purple
Hackle: Dun hen
Tail: Three (3) bronze mallard barbs
Rib: Antiqued gold "tinsel" (wire)
Body: Bronze mallard barbs (5-6) tied in by tips and wound forward
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:56 am
by michaelgmcgraw
I've heard of that pattern but never actually seen it, nice!
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:29 pm
by letumgo
Boy oh boy, that is a pretty fly!
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:43 pm
by CreationBear
Ah, a beautiful color combination!
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:18 pm
by William Anderson
Bill, that's fantastic. Where did the pattern come from?
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Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:39 pm
by chase creek
That's a classy fly.
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:50 pm
by tie2fish
It probably looks better with the mallard palmered ...
http://www.flyfishingmaryland.com/index.php?topic=553.0
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:55 pm
by hankaye
tie2fish, Howdy;
WOW
after checking out the link WOW
THAT"S ART should NOT be for fish consumption
just sayin' ......
hank
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:49 pm
by willowhead
Boy that is nice.......i've never wrapped B.M. before. Sure did make a cool body.....
Re: Usk Naylor
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:30 am
by Ron Eagle Elk
t2f,
In the photo you linked to, it almost looks like the antique gold wire and the Bronze Mallard are both used as a ribbing. Is this the case? Excellent looking fly with the purple silk showing through like that. Well dressed.
REE