Red Quill Spider
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Hen, dark furnace
Body: Peacock quill, dyed red - clear varnish or UV resin over
Cheers,
Hans W
Red Quill Spider
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Hans Weilenmann
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Red Quill Spider
Playing with some dyed red peacock quills a friend sent me
Red Quill Spider
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Hen, dark furnace
Body: Peacock quill, dyed red - clear varnish or UV resin over
Cheers,
Hans W
Red Quill Spider
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Hen, dark furnace
Body: Peacock quill, dyed red - clear varnish or UV resin over
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: Red Quill Spider
Looks just like a mayfly abdomen with the way you tapered it. Very nice.
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An excellent job of aligning the quill wraps, sir. This is not always easy to accomplish.
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Thank you kindly for your words, good sir.tie2fish wrote:An excellent job of aligning the quill wraps, sir. This is not always easy to accomplish.
Your ob'nt servant,
Hans W
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Hans, Howdy;
eye catching !
Film at 11:00 ???
hank
eye catching !
Film at 11:00 ???
hank
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Hans Weilenmann
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*chuckle*hankaye wrote:Hans, Howdy;
eye catching !
Film at 11:00 ???
hank
Not today, sorry. Off to the UK for work this evening, back Thu. Best look towards Netflix if you are bored
Cheers,
Hans W
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Hans, Howdy;
Have a safe and enjoyable journey.
hank
Have a safe and enjoyable journey.
hank
Striving for a less complicated life since 1949...
"Every day I beat my own previous record for number
of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
"Every day I beat my own previous record for number
of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
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Wow that was a nice and smoth body Hans.. I prefer a shorter body, hrm... dont know why though 
Really nice hen hackle, seems really soft..
Over and out
NIklas
Really nice hen hackle, seems really soft..Over and out
NIklas
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Another winner here Hans!
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Body does seem a little long, at first glance, but look again and the tapered section with the slight downward cast of the bend seem to look right. Agree with the hackle, looks to be a very nice type of hackle for a wet soft hackle fly.
Never having dyed stripped herl, nor had any really good verigated stuff in the first place........ does the dye only take to the lighter coloured section of the quill, or is the dark section also now red?
Never having dyed stripped herl, nor had any really good verigated stuff in the first place........ does the dye only take to the lighter coloured section of the quill, or is the dark section also now red?
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