Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

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Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by tie2fish » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:46 am

Hook: Mustad 3913B, Size #12
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer #11A, Scarlet
Hackle: Woodcock upper covert
Tail: Red Grouse hackle fibers
Body: Thread wraps with pink yarn blend brush palmered up shank

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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by gig » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:03 pm

Simply elegant :)
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by Stendalen » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:10 pm

like the agressive eye-up. And the colour-combo.

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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:36 pm

I like the look of the hook a lot. For some reason my eyeballs and brain would not connect when I read the recipe. I kept missing the "brush" part of the desription. I understood the pink yarn palmered up the shank, but what was the ribbing? Got it now, finally. Great color combination. As I looked at it I kept thinking that it would be a terrific Grayling fly. Elegantly done.
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by William Anderson » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:58 pm

Bill, this is striking. I love grouse and red together and this composition with the fuzzy body and that cool hook makes a classic combo. Beautifully done.
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by CreationBear » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:03 pm

Ah, this one is nice--I'd bet it wets out to a very interesting color combination. :)
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:15 pm

Nice fly!!
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by letumgo » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:34 pm

Bill - Some day I want to be able to tye like you... I look at this fly and am reminded how much I have yet to learn. Exceptional.
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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by hankaye » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:38 pm

tye2fish, Howdy;
CreationBear wrote:Ah, this one is nice--I'd bet it wets out to a very interesting color combination. :)
Hint, hint, hint ..... ;)

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Re: Yarn & Woodcock Flymph

Post by Mataura mayfly » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:08 pm

Neat looking fly and very cool method.
Love that hook, is that what you call an up eye +? Really liking the size of that eye as well, hard to judge from right angles but it looks big enough in the round to get a tippet through on the first attempt..... without a lot of swearing! :o
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