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Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:31 am
by Hans Weilenmann
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
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:42 am
by Izaak
Looks just like a mayfly abdomen with the way you tapered it. Very nice.
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:45 am
by tie2fish
An excellent job of aligning the quill wraps, sir. This is not always easy to accomplish.
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:53 am
by Hans Weilenmann
tie2fish wrote:An excellent job of aligning the quill wraps, sir. This is not always easy to accomplish.
Thank you kindly for your words, good sir.
Your ob'nt servant,
Hans W
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:12 am
by hankaye
Hans, Howdy;
eye catching !
Film at 11:00 ???
hank
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:15 am
by Hans Weilenmann
hankaye wrote:Hans, Howdy;
eye catching !
Film at 11:00 ???
hank
*chuckle*
Not today, sorry. Off to the UK for work this evening, back Thu. Best look towards Netflix if you are bored
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:27 am
by hankaye
Hans, Howdy;
Have a safe and enjoyable journey.
hank
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:16 pm
by Niklas Dahlin
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
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:34 pm
by Kelly L.
Another winner here Hans!
Re: Red Quill Spider
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:18 am
by Mataura mayfly
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?