Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 black
Tail: Pink yarn
Body: Peacock with Whiting hackle wrapped around the body, trimmed on top and bottom
I draw a lot of inspiration from the list of other flytyers I have in my blogroll, this one showed up at baksleng the other day and should be interesting to test out for the next trip.
Hook: Mustad 94840 #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Mallard Flank White
Body: Turkey Biot Lt. Olive
Thorax: Peacock
Wing: Mallard Flank Olive
Hackle: Whiting
First time tying this pattern, got the wings and body ok done, the hackle could have been a bit shorter, but I don’t think that is a problem.
As you can see here: I got the wings nicely separated, but with the long hackle I could have had some more material in the wings to fill it out a bit.
When you start tying flies and photographing them with a macro lens then all the minute details comes out and I could have re-done this until I got it correct, but I mainly tie for fishing purposes (and to learn new things) so all the flies I put up here have a good chance of ending up in my flybox. The pictures here are all a part of my path to learning more about the different patterns, so I will add the not-so-good as well as the good flies here: it is all a part of the journey to become better.
Hook: Partridge Klinkhamer X-treme #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Wapsi SLF Squirrel – Natual Fox
Thorax: Peacock
Wing-post: Poly-yarn
Hackle: Whiting
Up to when it is time to tie in the hackle this pattern is very simple, but once you get the tie-in of the hackle around the wing-post it comes down to avoiding trapping too much hackle beneath the thread.
The poly-yarn gives good visual aid to the fly and if you look from underneath it you can see the footprint it will give on the surface. A great pattern that can be varied with colors and scruffiness to achive different behaviour.
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