Good morning, all
I have had a request for a fly called the "Ardentilly' or similar name. I have never heard of it and wondered if anyone knows about it, and if so is prepared to share the dressing.
Many thanks,
David
Arndilly Fancy?
Tag - Fine oval Tinsel
Tail - Small Golden Pheasant Topping
Ribbing - Oval Tinsel
Body - Pale Yellow Floss
Beard Hackle - Bright Blue Cock (underneath only)
Wing - Black Squirrel Tail or Bucktail dyed black on larger sizes
Eyes - Jungle Cock
Red Ring At Head On Base Of Wing- Red Cellire Varnish or Red Wool or Ostrich Herl
A Spey Fly with connections to Megan Boyd of Kintradwell. Another in the black & yellow mould colours of which are supposedly effective Speyside. Arndilly being one of the Spey beats near Craigellachie a lower middle section. A relative modern fly not possessing the traditional Spey features.
Tight Lines
Thank you very much, gents - will check to see if this is the fly about which my friend has been told.
David
Thanks again for the advice above - my friend seems to be very happy with the flies I tied for him based on Fishtales' dressing. I went for the straight red head, rather than the red ring - various pics I found suggested I wasn't too far wrong in doing so - besides, I wasn't sure how I was going to do the ring!
Happy new-ish season,
David