Wing/Tag: Arctic Fox, Templedog
Body: Future Fly Signature Dubbing GGB Blue
Hackle: Wapsi strung schlappen grey/black
Got some new grey hackle that I needed to test out together with the black I already had: I think the combination looks good, and together with the yellow tag it will go nice in the water. This is one I will test out for seatrout as well.
A new style that I haven’t explored much before: buzzers. Got a bottle of Bug Bond today and had to open it up and test out how this works. As you can see on these first attempts the layering and application of bug bond to make it even is not very precise, but another few batches of these and they should turn out ok.
Stripped peacock quill body:
UTC wire rib:
UNI Mylar rib:
A short one with UNI Mylar body
Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Tag: UTC Wire silver
Bead: Whiting Brown, peacock herl, Whiting white
Another pattern from “tying small flies” by Ed Engle: Renegade. I chose a silver tag instead of the gold in the original pattern. A interesting pattern that should float nicely in the surface and give a good profile.
First week of the 52 week challenge is “Begin at the beginning”, I immediately went back to my little jar of the first flies that I tied two years ago. I remember tying up the red-tag, struggling with getting the body right, and tying off the thread…. So for this weeks keyword I had to do this little peacock/red-tag.
Here together with the first fly I created:
For my photo challenge I had to include the picture of my first sausage made from scratch:
Hook: TMC 2488 #20
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: 2x Krystal Flash Blue
Thorax: Wapsi Squirrel Spikey Dubbing
A midge from the “Tying Small Flies” book by Ed Engle: two strands of krystal flash and some dubbing. It doesn’t get more basic than this.
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