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Another couple
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:21 pm
by Donald Nicolson
I was poking around in my hook box, and decided to use some of these.
Buzzer
Hook: # 10
Silk: Black.
Rib: Black wire, small.
Body: Body-flexx Amethyst.
Thorax: Black dubbing.
Hackle: Black hen, short fibre.
Grey Greenwell
Hook: # 10.
Silk: Grey Pearsall
Rib: Black wire small.
Body: Grey silk.
Hackle: Greenwell cock, Indian.
Re: Another couple
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:12 pm
by letumgo
Very cool flies! Is the second fly fished as an emerger/dry fly? The hackle looks like cock hackle (stiffer fibers). Do you use this with any floatant on the fibers?
Re: Another couple
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:41 am
by Donald Nicolson
Ray, it is an Indian cock hackle.
I taken the idea of the West Country Spider and used a curved hook,
So I suppose it a bit of a mongrel fly. It can be used however you
like, dry, emerger or a wet fly. It is an un-fished prototype.
Actually I don't get much fishing in these days. The eyes make
the bank-side a bit unsafe. All my flies, unless I dress a well established
pattern, is a prototype. 
Re: Another couple
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:54 am
by Mataura mayfly
Another good looking couple of flies Donald.
I do the same sometimes, Indian Cock hackle or locally found "farmyard" cockeral hackle. Sometimes you want something a bit stiffer in the barb so as not to wrap around the body..... or something to hold in the film a little better.
Like the idea of classic spiders on curved hooks.... especially if they hold in the film. Gives a very inviting profile to prospective customers!
Re: Another couple
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:40 am
by chase creek
I'm likin' those curved hooks, too. To me, it just looks more natural.
Don't know how the fish feel, but that's my reasoning.
Very nice ties, both.
Re: Another couple
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:22 pm
by Kelly L.
More flies Donald? What a treat. The first one was my favorite of the two. I loved it!!