Iron Blue

Post by **tie2fish** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:55 am

Here's an Iron Blue tied by John Shaner of Hardy at a demo a few weeks back ...

Hook : Daiichi 1640, #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, crimson
Hackle: Jackdaw
Body: Thread wraps with touch-dubbed mole

Post by **hankaye** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:14 am

tie2fish, Howdy;

Ding-Ding-Ding..............I thinks I hears The Dinner bell............

hank

Post by **letumgo** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:21 am

Lovely wee fly.

Post by **michaelgmcgraw** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:55 am

Good looking fly there tie2fish !

Post by **willowhead** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:36 pm

Hey Ray..........KISS that Blarney Stone

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Thankx for sharing t2f.....

Post by **William Anderson** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:45 pm

Bill, you're stealing my thunder on my swap flies. I'm tying the Iron Blue Dun, ala Nemes (same as the historic pattern, and the one used by Leisenring/Hidy.) Not to worry, Mine are tied on a daiichi 1550, white tail fibers included. But you've set a high bar...so I'm really going to have to come through. Thanks for the added pressure. Nicely done. Of course...as we're learning...the fly tied short isn't as effective as if tied the "right" way. Isn't that what we're concluding in the other thread? Am I getting the wrong message? (huge smiley). I like those 1640's a lot.

w

Post by **DOUGSDEN** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:55 pm

Bill,
I am falling in love all over again with the Iron Blue. Your pattern is beautiful! Soo delicate and refined! We are very glad you bought your digital camera and learned the ropes from all the helpers here on the forum! Please keep feeding us dear friend. We can't get enough!
Dougsden

Post by **Old Hat** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:28 pm

Great tie...Great photo. You can really see the delicate structure of the jackdaw.

Post by **tie2fish** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:02 am

Hey folks ... please read my original post carefully ... I did not tie this! This fly was tied by John Shaner, who did it at a tying demo he put on at Great Feathers a couple of weeks ago. I was lucky enough to walk away with it at the end of the day, and posted it here only because I thought it was beautiful.

Post by **Old Hat** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:55 am

Still a great fly even if it wasn't tied by you.

I thought by your post that you had seen him tie the pattern at the demo and thought you were sharing.

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