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My new fly
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:44 pm
by fflutterffly
It floats in a glass of water and it's sunk as I pulled it through. I think I'll use it as a hopper pattern next week.
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Re: My new fly
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:12 pm
by hankaye
fflutterffly, Howdy;
That hopper is really taking shape. Well balanced (unlike me),
I likes it.
hank
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:31 pm
by willowhead
EXCELLENT job.........that's VERY nice. Make sure you tye a GOOD knot with the tippet. Hate to see you loose that on your first fish.
Btw, where you goin' fishin'?
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:50 am
by fishhead
very nice
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:38 am
by tie2fish
willowhead wrote:EXCELLENT job.........that's VERY nice. Make sure you tye a GOOD knot with the tippet. Hate to see you loose that on your first fish.
Btw, where you goin' fishin'?
I agree -- use heavier-than-usual tippet when you throw this one in the water!
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:59 am
by fflutterffly
I need the name of this fly for my archives. Does anyone know the history or who originated it? I tied it to represent the slate gray hoppers we have in the Sierra.
Hook: Any long shanked hook I can pull from the pile Willowhead sent me. ololoo Size: 10-14
thread: BK or GR
Wire: Color of choice. (I've used red and dk Green)
Body: Big Bug 16 BK Wool Bug or Sparkle Gry dubbing.
Hackle: should be Grizzly (but I don't have any more)
Wing: Turkey (Treated with Sally Hansen)
Legs (collar) Partridge or Guinea hen (done both in natural and dyed orange.
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:01 am
by CreationBear
Very cool tie; the guinea up front is inspired.
One thing you might look at is using a pair of wing-slips--or, alternately, creasing a single slip of turkey so it's "tented" and narrower than the current wing. Both options will be a little more aerodynamic and probably won't twist your tippet as much as the wide, solid wing.
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:24 pm
by fflutterffly
I originally tied it with a split. It looked good, but it sank faster. I used the one piece and it floated better.
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:19 pm
by willowhead
Don't worry if it sinks.....it'll work just as well below the surface, and three false cast and it floats again.......till it sinks.
.....think of it as casting practice.
.....now watch, some ****** will say, "yeah, but the fish are in the water, not up in the air".....oppss, some dummie just did.
.....
seriously though.....creation bear is dead right.
Re: My new fly
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:30 pm
by letumgo
Great fly Ariel.