Cinn and Speckled Hen 1550

[William Anderson]

Okay, I put down the wire for a bit. I needed some March Brown's.

Daiichi 1550
Primrose Silk twisted with
Cinnamon Turkey Tail Body
Hares Ear Thorax
Speckled Hen Hackle
CdL Pardo Light Tail



w

[fishhead]

I really like the color of this

[DOUGSDEN]

William,
A very well dressed pattern. Sleek and very buggy looking. Well done!
Dougsden

[tie2fish]

That is outstanding.

[hankaye]

Dub-Ya, Howdy;

Beautiful bug...

Now, ........ In the recipe you mentioned that the body is

"Primrose Silk twisted with Cinnamon Turkey Tail Body"

How do you do that ? Tie in the Trukey Tail, pull it and the thread out to the side togather,
grab with hackle pliers, twist them togather then wrap (or twist and wrap at same time) ?

courious,
hank

[William Anderson]

Hank, that is it exactly. If the fibers are long enough and strong enough like turkey tail fibers or long goose herls, you can just do it with your fingers rather than the hackle pliers, so you can use a softer touch. Sometimes the uneven tension of hackle pliers pulls some fibers harder than others and you'll have some break. No biggie, because they are bound together, but I like it better if they all end up at the same place at the same time. Either way, use a soft touch. This is often done with fine wire and wrapped forward, rather than using a rib wrapped up the body once the herl is wrapped forward. Its a great technique, especially with gossamer silk because you add the color and dimension of the silk in with the herl fibers. With wire too, you can sometimes see glints of the wire in the body. Other times you can use a really fine tying thread like a 12/0 or 14/0 the same color as the herl material and it disappears, but keeps everything bound together. Just depends on the overall look of the body you are trying to get and how durable you require your flies to be.

Or the simpler answer to your question. Yes.

w

[hankaye]

Dub-ya, Howdy;

Long answers are fine as they give me more opportunities to ask questions ...

hank

[letumgo]

DY-NO-MITE!!!

[willowhead]

Slick.........