Olive and golden plover

[Ruard]

Inspired by Ray I mixed some silk dubbing using my wives sewingbox and my coffee-grinder:
Hook: sprite perfect international #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer no 20
Tag: thread loop
Body: dubbing in a loop ( Hare mask 40%, Silk Green 40%, Silk Orange 20%)
Hackle: Golden Plover

And Wet:



Greeting

[letumgo]

Wow, that is a great fly, Ruard! I love the dubbing blend. How long were the pieces of silk you used? Could you explain the detailed steps you used to create the dubbing. I would like to try making some.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Mike,

My only caveat with this fly would be the black hook, I dont like black hooks, I think they are too visible.

Interesting. Marc Petitjean includes a number of turns of thread, often black thread, into the bend of the hook on his patterns with the specific purpose of 'separating' his fly from the bendy bit of sharp steel.

Here is a fly tied by Marc. The extra turns of black thread are visible under the tail.



Confidence and belief are powerful aspects in our sport

In my case I tend to believe a trout, which can spot minute food items moving along in the current while said items are still at a good distance away, will have no trouble noticing a the hook bend on any of our flies regardless of hook color, but by itself the addition of the bendy bit does not trouble it greatly.

Who knows - we are all but ignorant mortals

Cheers,
Hans W

[Ruard]

Wow, that is a great fly, Ruard! I love the dubbing blend. How long were the pieces of silk you used? Could you explain the detailed steps you used to create the dubbing. I would like to try making some.

Hi Ray,

I started with green embroidery-silk. It consist of two threads, it was a thread of about 30 cm. I divided it in two and with siccors make pieces of about 1 cm. That I put it in my coffee-grinder till it was a fluffy stuf of silk. Same with the orange and grind again. then the hare's mask from about the middle of the mask and again in the grinder.

Here is a picture:



Greeting

[letumgo]

Thanks for the inspiration, Ruard. That dubbing blend looks amazing.

Now I just need to go steal some silk from my wifes sewing supplies...

[Ruard]

Thank you all for the nice words and keep them coming

Greeting