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Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:29 pm
by Hans Weilenmann
As we are having a claret day...
Dark Claret Spider
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, dark claret
Collar: Guinea foul hackle barbs, dyed dark claret
Tag/rib: Wire, gold
Body: Seal's fur, dyed dark claret - in split thread
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:58 pm
by tie2fish
A real beauty!
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:10 pm
by Kelly L.
I like this one, that hackle is wonderful. You have so many dyed materials. I cannot imagine all that. They are wonderful.
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:49 pm
by Smuggler
That pretty dang eye catching, and fish catching too I'm sure! Great coloration.
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:19 pm
by letumgo
What's not to love? Claret, seal, gold, buggy, sexy hook...
Dandy fly, Hans.
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:38 pm
by William Anderson
A tutorial on seal. I always feel like the stuff gets a little wild, but this looks great to me. Especially on Iso day. This one works well.
w
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:34 pm
by hankaye
Howdy, Howdy;
Why is it that (to me at least), whenever Hans posts a fly it's like the caveman at the end of this advert;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=148dowDhkVY
Thud, Hans is in the forum ..... and that's a good thing...
Beautiful fly Hans.
hank
Re: Dark Claret Spider
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:19 am
by gingerdun
Hans, This is a beautiful and ingenious fly. Love the wild seal fibers, the gold tag/rib, and, of course, the Grip hook.
You work miracles with the split thread.
I seem to be out of the claret-dyed Guniea fowl at the moment, so I'll have to settle for looking at your beautiful photograph.
Thanks for this, and the other posts that you've shared with us during the 8-days I've been absent. I'm trying to catch up.
And Hank, that caveman commercial cracked me up. Never saw it before.
Lance