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Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:57 am
by Mataura mayfly
Hook- #12 Unknown 1XL?
Thread- Uni #8/0 Camel
Hackle- Light Blue Dun Hen
Tail- Light Blue Dun barbs
Abdomen- Red dyed Goose Biot
Thorax- Touch dubbed blue underfur from European Brown Hare body
Thorax wrapped hackle on left, standard two turn collar hackle on right.
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:03 am
by Ruard
Very well done like them.
greeting
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:46 am
by DUBBN
Outstanding. Your tying skills, photography, and presentation are all top knotch!
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:11 am
by letumgo
I like how you can tye two flies, using both hands, at the same time.
(kidding)
Terrific flies Jeff!
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:56 am
by DUBBN
letumgo wrote:I like how you can tye two flies, using both hands, at the same time.
(kidding)
Terrific flies Jeff!
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:44 am
by tie2fish
Really good stuff, Jeff. I especially like your use of the biots for the abdomen.
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:06 am
by Roadkill
Beautiful ties!!
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:21 am
by Old Hat
Wonderfully done Jeff. I used to use biots a lot. A Colorado tyer who passed way to early (Shane Stalcup) used them extensively and I admired his tying greatly. It has been a while, maybe I need to re-investigate them.
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:48 pm
by William Anderson
Right on, Jeff. These are great.
w
Re: Biot Iron Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:57 pm
by Mataura mayfly
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
Once again it is an imitation of a natural that we so not share over here. My understanding is it is the female of the species that shows the red/claret at the butt as an egg sack or egg depositing fixture at the rear end and the male should be olive in the abdomen? Seems most every older tying book toy look in will have a different pattern, but generally as a wet fly they call for a dark slate coloured wing, that is why I went for the dark gun metal grey/blue in the thorax to maybe give the impression of bursting wings.
The abdomens are maybe a bit long and indeed the whole fly a bit large, just playing and practising, did tie some on #16 to try locally...... just incase. We have a mayfly spinner that is very popular here and has a mahogany/red abdomen.
#16 1XL
Red wool abdomen, touch dubbed with light grey wool.
Both of these use lighter coloured blue rabbit underfur.
I like the biots as they form a quick, easy slender body with "built in" segmentation and they save me stripping the fluff of the bronze peacock I have just to get stripped herl!
