Orange & Gray Chukar

[gingerdun]

#13 Mickievicz Letort Dry Fly
Silk: ash
Hackle: chukar
Abdomen: gray wool + orange wool, single strands of embroidery yarn
Rib: silvery wire
Thorax: Hare's ear and seal spun on Clark block



My father had trimmed some of these chukar hackles, and I couldn't resist trying them.
Also, I was interested in the way tie2fish wrapped two colors of silk together to create a segmented body. Here I tied the gray and orange yarn strands together, and wrapped them together as you see in the photograph.

[Dan Podobed]

good color combinations. i like the ease of creating the body section with the two wrapped strands, I do that often as well, and on some of my nymphs, I use 2 or 3 different colored wires.

[Mataura mayfly]

Lance, that is a nice fat bodied grub. I love the way the colour transitions through and compliments each section of the fly. Well done Sir.

[hankaye]

gingerdun, Howdy;

Beautiful fly! Nice touch showing-off the spare hackle feather ...

hank

[tie2fish]

This is really striking, Lance. The body segmentation effect worked out nicely, and you've applied your Dad's hackle feather to good advantage. An aesthetic gem.

[Roadkill]

Nice fly that begs to be tested in stream. That rib gets some extra punch following the black.

[chase creek]

Great looking fly. Really like the markings on the Chukar hackle.

[letumgo]

Lance - What a fetching fly. The body coloration is very harmonious with the mottling of the Chukar feather. The old man would be proud...

[William Anderson]

Love this. The body mixtures and the overall effects are really fun to watch come together with your flies. Nice use of an underused feather.

w

[jaydawg]

The colors work very well together. Kinda March Brown-ish. Very buggy!