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Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:05 pm
by Old Hat
Nothing too creative here. Traditionally a winged pattern. A favorite of mine.

Hook: Syl Nemes wet fly hook #15
Thread: Pearsall's silk thread, grey (waxed with a dark cobbler's wax)
Body: hare's poll, natural, in a dubbing loop
Hackle: partridge back feather
Devil's Crook wingless.jpg
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Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:21 pm
by letumgo
Fantastic dressing Carl. The markings on you partridge feathers are wonderful. Perfect compliment to the body coloration.

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:23 pm
by Ruard
Hi Old Hat well done . Looks like a traditional.

Can you explain the name for me??


greeting

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:46 pm
by chase creek
Outstanding! I agree with Ray about the hackle, really makes this one pop.
Really buggy, the fish are gonna be all over this!

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:48 pm
by Old Hat
Ruard, I don't know.

The original pattern uses a partridge quill wing and dates to about 1840, first published in the Fishing Gazette and coming from a Stephen Braithwaite of Knaresborough. From my source anyway.

Looking back at the pattern, I just realized that it is most often and originally referred to as just the Devil Crook. I have probably mistakenly been calling it the Devil's Crook for a few year's now.

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:50 pm
by Old Hat
Thanks guys. I have a couple color phases of partridge. I search for the back feathers which have a nice red band in them. The wild bird's I get tend to be more strikingly marked than what you can buy in the shops.

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:07 pm
by daringduffer
Seems like the sub-imago of this one:

Image

Killer Partridge!

dd

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:18 pm
by Old Hat
:D

Now that one is one of my top 5 personal favorites.

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:23 pm
by Kelly L.
I like both versions, very classy.

Re: Devil's Crook Flymph

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:24 am
by daringduffer
Old Hat wrote::D

Now that one is one of my top 5 personal favorites.
I have to agree.Once I saw it, I knew I would never forget it. I could be happy fishing that fly for a whole season and enjoy it even if it didn't catch anything.

(I'm envious of that partridge, it tops it off beautifully).

dd