A variation of the tube from two days ago: this time on a green tube and iwth a disc. You might see some more tubes in the following days: when I start exploring new material/types/whatever I tend to stick with it for a while to get the hang of it ( and repetition, always repeating a pattern to see what I can do to improve it )
One thing I always do when starting something new is to take the most basic idea, then repeat it, and repeat it! This weekend the snow finally started to fall here in Oslo so I got myself some coffee and went through a bunch of sunray shadows just to practice tying on a tube and to see how they come out in the end.
All tubes have white/black Temple Dog and peacock on top of the wing. Can’t get much simpler than this, but it makes for a very good practice since this (apparently: I haven’t fished with them yet) is a very good pattern
Tag: Orange Temple Dog
Body: Uni-floss green, Uni-French, Genetic Cock Saddle Green Highlander
Wing: Temple Dog: Orange, Yellow & Lime, peacock
Hackle: Spirit River Schlappen Black hackle
After experimenting with Sunray shadows all weekend I ended up freestyling this tube with the material I have available. I really like how this turned out: the orange/green/yellow combination should be a real treat in the water , the only thing I would like to see in addition would be a disc/conehead and maybe a Jungle Cock side
Getting started with tube these days so I went to my local dealer this weekend and picked up tubes, material and temple dog hair in different colors to start of with some Sunray shadows.
Still learning how to tie these in, some are good, some not that good, but of these ones I liked the white one in terms of composition, the rest of the colors are great though: looking forward to test them out soon!
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Sparkle Organza Dun
Body: Polishquills Stripped Peacock Orange
Thorax: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing: Hareline Premium Deer Natural Brown, 2x CDC Dark Olive
I keep experimenting with the stripped peacock from polishquills and for a up-right emerger I would normally do either CDC or deer for the wing, but for this one I combine the two with a supporting layer of deer behind the CDC to see how it will behave. The sparkle organza tail will serve as a good attractor. This should sit nice and low in the water and for a slow-flowing river this will be a sure bet next summer.
From behind: the deer should help support the fly in a upright position
A bit dark, but a shot from the front:
The profile from underneath: the Hare’s Ear dubbing with the added bling will behave very good
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