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Blue Badger
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:49 am
by Donald Nicolson
Another fly from Woolley's Grayling list.
Blue Badger
Hook: #12 Capt. Hamilton wet.
Body: Blue Pearsall
Tip and Rib: Silver wire.
Hackle: Badger cock, full length.
I used Pearsall Primrose for the thread as changeing the silk in the bobbin-holder can be quite tedious for me.
There is a Red Badger, only difference is Red body.
This could be fished wet/dry a la West Country Spider.
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:51 pm
by letumgo
Hank - You have such a way with words. Vivid description. 
Donald - Beautiful fly. I'd be VERY tempted to fish this one as a dry fly.
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:53 am
by tie2fish
letumgo wrote:Hank - You have such a way with words. Vivid description.
Donald - Beautiful fly. I'd be VERY tempted to fish this one as a dry fly.
I thought the same thing, Ray ... sort of an albino Griffith's gnat. Very nice, Donald.
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:01 am
by Roadkill
Great fishing fly tied Buzz!
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:46 pm
by gingerdun
Donald,
Thanks for this superb addition to the discussion about palmer flies.
This is fertile territory for experiment.
Lance
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:45 pm
by William Anderson
Donald, you're putting together some great patterns. I'm loving all the recent palmer flies. It's funny you mentioned the Red Badger as I just saw a reference for it in an old (1960's) steelhead book.
Re: Blue Badger
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:17 am
by Mataura mayfly
This one does lend itself to be fished dry..... almost Cackleback like. Nice tie Donald.
Hank and anyone else having problems with threaders and small openings of cats or bobbin holders, you can try dispensing with the threader and if you can get the silk barely started in the bottom end of the tube, place your lips over the top open end of the tube and take a sharp intake of breath.
If you have a bit of slack in the silk you should find the end of it in your mouth and the bobbin holder rethreaded..... too much slack and the silk just tickled the back of your throat and you threw up over your bench!
Doesn't work as well with holders having the ceramic bead in the end of the tube, or with broken end silks, better to cut it neat before trying.
