What have you tied today?

[Clan Chief]

This could quite possibly be my last post on here. It's been a great thread (pardon the pun)
I always enjoyed putting pics of my flees on here and to see how I've improved over the years. It was as quite a busy thread at one time..
Anyway recently I've ooking for a good pearsall's silk substitute recently. As well as semperfli pure silk I was also recommended  a French Silk called Au Ver A Soie Ephemera which I've been using these last few days with some North Country Spiders and I like the results.

[Wildfisher]

Simple, beautiful and effective

[Fishtales]

This could quite possibly be my last post on here. It's been a great thread (pardon the pun)
I always enjoyed putting pics of my flees on here and to see how I've improved over the years. It was as quite a busy thread at one time..
Anyway recently I've ooking for a good pearsall's silk substitute recently. As well as semperfli pure silk I was also recommended  a French Silk called Au Ver A Soie Ephemera which I've been using these last few days with some North Country Spiders and I like the results.

I'm not sure Alan, it looks too shiny compared to Pearsall.

[Crawhin]

First post here in 2008 - wow, what a repository of fantastic Scottish flees.  Some great inspiration over the years from some excellent fly-tyers.

[Wildfisher]

Yep, a fantastic resource about to be lost. 

[Bobfly]

With using silks I think quite a few pattern used a wax on the silk eg. Greenwells spiders and similar. That would soften the shine on a silk thread.

[Clan Chief]

The flees are not as bright as they look in the pics as the artificial light is making them brighter than they really are. I also used cobbler wax on them

[Clan Chief]

Been tying quite a few spider patterns for the river recently.
However I tied a few larger patterns for the lochs!

#12 Kamasan B175.
Purple au ver a Soie ephemera silk.
Violet Spectra dubbing thorax.
Starling Hackle.

[Wildfisher]

My kind of fly. Simple & deadly

[scoobyscott]

Filling up the empty slots with a river staple