Stew's Glassy Spider

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Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by Hans Weilenmann » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:49 am

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Stew's Glassy Spider
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, grey
Body/hackle: Hen, glassy dun and peocock herl - twisted together

Note: With a nod and a wink towards Stewart's Black Spider

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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by kacbo » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:19 am

WOW!!!
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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by daringduffer » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:47 am

Classy!
I bet my graylings will love this fly.
At least without my tippet attatched.

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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by hankaye » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:57 am

Hans, Howdy;

Careful, Ralphy could poke his eye out with that !!!

Beautiful tye.

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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by CM_Stewart » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:45 am

Don't know whether a dour Scot would approve, but I bet the fish will!
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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by gingerdun » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:14 pm

Hans,
Your handsome pattern has attributes of Leisenring's favorite flies, including the Red Hackle and the Gray Hackle.
Here is a terrible photo, but the best I have, of his Gray Hackle. He preferred the red-bronze peacock herl, and this is not palmered either, but the resemblance is there nonetheless
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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by Mataura mayfly » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:59 pm

Hans,
Is there going to be a video tutorial on this method? I cannot get my head around how you twist the hackle and herl and still get the hackle to palmer like that!
"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout".... Irish proverb.
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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by lykos33 » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:44 pm

Mataura mayfly wrote:Hans,
I cannot get my head around how you twist the hackle and herl and still get the hackle to palmer like that!
That makes 2 of us then.... :lol:
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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by Soft-hackle » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:48 pm

Smooth, Hans, very smooth!

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Re: Stew's Glassy Spider

Post by Kelly L. » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:36 pm

Hans, no doubt this is a killer pattern for the fish!
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