GOY & Ginger Starling
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GOY & Ginger Starling
GOY (Green-Orange-Yellow) & Ginger Starling Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad Model 50R/Size 12
Hackle - Starling Back Hackle (Bleached Ginger)
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Olive/No 16)
Body - Pearsall's Marabou Silk (Green, Orange & Yellow - One fine strand of each, wrapped at the same time)
Thorax - Beaver Dubbing (equal amounts of Green, Orange & Yellow - finger blended together)
Hook - Mustad Model 50R/Size 12
Hackle - Starling Back Hackle (Bleached Ginger)
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Olive/No 16)
Body - Pearsall's Marabou Silk (Green, Orange & Yellow - One fine strand of each, wrapped at the same time)
Thorax - Beaver Dubbing (equal amounts of Green, Orange & Yellow - finger blended together)
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Ray, Howdy;
Beautiful fly ....like the barber pole effect...
I see you put some of the melting snow to good use as well...
hank
Beautiful fly ....like the barber pole effect...
I see you put some of the melting snow to good use as well...
hank
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
A truly creative pattern, Ray, and an awesome job of wrapping three different colors together while maintaining their orientation. I also really like that dyed starling hackle.
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Looks like a (ice)candy to me. Did you bleached the hackle by yourself?
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Here is a new variation using brown, orange and yellow marabou silk (BOY) wrapped over a white gossomer silk underbody. The body of the finished fly looks very much like a quil body when it gets wet. It is very easy to get wrap the body and keep the orientation of the color bands. The trick is to keep good tension on all three strands while wrapping them forward. They are all wrapped simultaniously.
Here is a photo of the BOY color variation.
I think this is screaming for a SOY Ginger combination, don't you think? It just sounds tasty to me, for some reason.
Here is a photo of the BOY color variation.
I think this is screaming for a SOY Ginger combination, don't you think? It just sounds tasty to me, for some reason.
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
I really like both of these.
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Ruard - I bought the bleached starling skin from Jim Slattery (http://www.jimsflyco.com/). I could not find them listed on his website, but he has carried them in the past. They are lovely.
Thanks guys. I got the BOY version wet and really like the look of the abdomen. The yellow becomes less prominent, yet the body still has a nice variegated look. I will be adding a range of these to my fly box for spring.
Thanks guys. I got the BOY version wet and really like the look of the abdomen. The yellow becomes less prominent, yet the body still has a nice variegated look. I will be adding a range of these to my fly box for spring.
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Ray,
I am interested in the hook. Is the hook model # correct. I can not seem to find them.
Mark
I am interested in the hook. Is the hook model # correct. I can not seem to find them.
Mark
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
I love to see a fly and say, "I really wish I had tied that." It's very nicely done. I can imagine the change in tone with wet silk. I meant to mention that to Hank...I'll do that now.
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Re: GOY & Ginger Starling
Outstanding...are you tying full rotary? It seems that a traditional vise would make maintaining thread tension pretty tough as you went to switch hands...of course, what fellows (e.g. the "full-dress" guys) are able to pull off never ceases to amaze me.