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 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: UNI Floss Red, UTC Ultra Wire, Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock herl
This time a red variation of the white midge from yesterday: red floss and red flash will make this one stand out
Gold & Blue variations:
The family with red & white midges gathered:
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: polishquills stripped peacock orange, Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock herl
A peacock midge rocking some flash over the body and the thorax. A very simple pattern to tie up that should attract the trout, the only thing I could add to this is a layer of bug bond on the body.
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
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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