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Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:36 pm
by William Anderson
Silk: #2 Straw Pearsall's Gossamer Silk
Hackle: Waterhen (thanks Bill)
Body: Olive turkey tail twisted with #2 Straw silk. Wraps become closer approaching the thorax.
Thorax: Waterhen fluff
Tail: Woodduck (
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Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:44 pm
by hankaye
Dub-ya, Howdy;
LOOOKING GOOOD!
hank
Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:50 pm
by letumgo
William - this fly boarders on magical! Superb blend of materials, colors and textures.
Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:23 pm
by willowhead
OH YEAH............thass STUPID!...........and it don't get no better than that. That sucker KILLLLLSSSSS!!!!! That's frickin' superlative..........WOW!
Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:04 am
by kacbo
What a beautiful fly!!!
Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:10 am
by tie2fish
You've really done justice to the waterhen, willliam! That is an outstanding pattern.
Re: Waterhen Olive and Straw
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:17 pm
by William Anderson
Again, sorry I'm just getting to this. The way this overall composition, color shifts and body texture turned out is one of my favorite flies that i've tied in a long time. Since the Black Gnat pattern. The worked closely on the others, but not quite that same density change from bend to thorax. So thanks for the kind works, I wish they had all turned out so clean. My goal in tying focuses on this type of skill gained, rather than creativity or making a splash. But it's those patterns that inspire me to expand my subtle little path. Anyway, Thanks again.
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