Since it was Winter solstice yesterday: a yellow sunray shadow that I’ve named Sunray Solstice
I used UNI Floss for the body color on the tube, I don’t have a good enough adapter/needle so the tube gets deformed when I tie on the plastic: something for christmas maybe?
Variation from yesterdays red & black tube, this time with a extra black hackle in front of everything. What I’m particulary happy with: the thin finish of the head – previous attempts have ended up with too large heads
View from below: the black/red hackle combination makes it stand out nicely
Front view:
Top view:
Working over and over on a pattern is how I normally learn myself something new, these days it is this red/black tube that is getting worked on.
Bottom view: the red tag is not as tight as I would have wanted it to be tough: I need a different tube adapter
Top view:
Front view: I like the proportions of this one and how it is built up
Another tube today where I went for a pure red & black pattern with silver wrapping on the body. I should have chosen a blank tube for this one since I think the orange on the tube crashed a bit with the rest of the fly.
The silver-tag is a bit messed up as you can see in the picture from below: the uni-french suddenly got on top of each other, but for a fishing fly it is ok.
The temple dog wing gives a nice profile, and I like the combination of red & black
A couple of bright orange tube shrimps today: trying to keep them slim and lightly dressed, will try them out in the sea between christmas and new years to see how they behave. Still on a experiment phase when it comes to tubes: tying up different things to see how material and composition ends up.
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