Red Fox Squirrel Flymph

[Soft-hackle]

Red Fox Squirrel Flymph

Hook: Daiichi 1550 #12
Thread: Tan Uni Thread 8/0
Ribbing: Fine Gold Wire
Abdomen: Red Fox Squirrel, belly fur, dubbed Leisenring fashion on orange 8/0 Uni Thread.
Hackle: Dark brown Partridge or Dark brown speckled Hen back, one side of the fibers stripped off- tied in by the tip before wrapping the thorax. This is wrapped through the thorax to finish the fly.
Thorax: Red Fox Squirrel body fur, dubbed rough on the tying thread and roughed up with a brush.

Kudos to Dave Whitlock for such a versatile pattern.

Mark

[letumgo]

Mark, this is a marvelous flymph variation! I love the choice of orange thread for the abdomen. Reminds me of Fran Betters use of orange tying thread in his famous patterns. Gorgeous fly!

[Old Hat]

Oh look, it is a flymph!

Nice job Mark. Makes a great flymph.

[daringduffer]

Very nice, Mark.

Can we have it on TUE too, please, just for comparison? I am kind of getting hooked on TUE for aesthetics. Who could have believed that?

dd

[mkmury]

I hate to sound like a rookie but, what does it mean to dub "Leisenring style"? I'm new to this site and tie my own flies but I haven't heard that term so I thought I'd ask. Like I said I hate to sound like a rookie but,if it sounds like a duck................you get the rest.

[William Anderson]

wow, mark. that is a really nice fly. beautifully put together.

w

[letumgo]

mkmury - First off, welcome to the site and questions are always welcome. Here is a link that goes into the details of the "Leisenring style" dubbing method.

http://www.flymphforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... leisenring

[Soft-hackle]

Thanks for posting the info, Ray.

Here's another link to the information.

http://www.libstudio.com/Leisenring

The method used on the pant-leg is Leisenring's original method. I added the piece of mat board as shown in the forum link to make it a bit easier.

Mark

[mkmury]

Is that what creates the spikey effect of the body? I guess I'm assuming that a dubbing loop wouldn't have the same effect.

[Soft-hackle]

Hi mk,
There has been some discussion as to whether it does or does not. Some tiers claim if you create a dubbing loop on the fly, it is pretty much the same.

I, myself, feel there is something different about creating a brush like this. Jim Slattery, who knows quite a bit about Leisenring as well, claims that if executed as shown, some friction is involved and thus, the result IS different. I know I like the effect much better. I seem to have more control over the distribution of fibers and orientation to the thread. I also like the fact I can make bodies in advance, store them on cards with slits on opposite sides, and use them when needed.

Mark