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Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:01 pm
by tie2fish
Trying to find ways to use llama; here I've treated it pretty much like herl.
Hook: Daiichi 1710, #14
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0, rusty brown
Hackle: French partridge upper covert
Tag and underbody: Liberally waxed thread
Rib: Tan llama fur "noodled" and twisted tightly with thread loop prior to palmering forward
Head: Waxed thread
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:09 pm
by William Anderson
Very nice way to handle the body. That's convincing as about 10 species. I like the coordination of materials too. Nicely done.
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:44 pm
by letumgo
Very nice! I like how you let the thread under-body show between the llama noodle body. Makes for a great segmentation.
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:25 pm
by willowhead
WOW! that's VERY unique and EXTREMELY buggy. Hackle that sparse blows my mind.......i cannot imagin any fish that would not be fooled by that.
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:31 am
by kanutripr
I'm really liking the llama bodies. Long fibred dubbing is a challenge to work with but once you 'get' it it's awesome to work with and amazing results. Patience is definitely a virtue here!
Vicki
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:58 pm
by willowhead
Bill, Misa likes this fly and says it looks Japanese.
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:42 am
by tie2fish
Glad to hear that Misa approves, as I value her opinions; aesthetics transcends geography
Re: Tan Llama and French Partridge
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:34 am
by willowhead
absolutely..........Picasso was heavily influenced by Japanese art and culture.......for instance.