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Spey Flies book arrives

IMG_0601The “Spey Flies – How to Tie Them” by Bob Veverka has finally arrived in the mail! I got it yesterday after ordering directly from Bob on facebook. This is a re-print of the original and I got it signed.

I have only read the first chapter so far and glanced through some of the chapters and so far it looks very good, this will be one of those for a cold winter night to digg into the spey flies even more! I was inspired this morning to tie up some of the Sunturn Spey:

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Silver & Squirrel Double

2015.01.05.dryfly.me.silver_rabbit_4Hook: Kamasan B280 #4&#8, Partridge Patriot #8
Thread: UNI 6/0 Red
Tag: UNI-French Medium Oval
Tail: GP
Body: underbody of UNI-Floss, UNI-Mylar #16
Rib: UNI-French Medium Oval
Wing: Squirrel
Hackle: Whiting Dryfly neck, Rooster Saddle Grizzly (depending on size)

A pattern on facebook got me in the direction of this fly, a grey&silver some might call it, but I used what I had to create this double on different hook sizes.

The all-silver body combined with a thin wing and trying to have a sparse hackle will make this sink quickly in the current and give a lot of visual feedback. I’ll tie this one up on singles and on tube as well, but I’ll do that later, for now I’m on a double rush!

2015.01.05.dryfly.me.silver_rabbit_8The head on the smallest one did not come out very good, but it will catch some fish anyway:

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