My Flys.

[piscatus absentis]

My fly tying ability and the quality of my flys may, I feel, be affected by my drinking habits.  But then, as long as I catch the odd fish and get a good night's sleep I'm not too worried.

So I set up a hook in the vice and ran on some thread and poured out a good half of whisky.  I caught in some silver ribbing and a tippet then added some dubbing and went back up to the head where I tied in a black hackle, wound it down the hook and secured it with the rib before tying in a natural game hackle.  As Kate Maclarens go it was only fair.

I poured another half, ran on some thread and followed up with the ribbing, tippet, dubbing, black hackle and game hackle procedure and considered another slightly better Kate Maclaren.  After another  half the third one looked much better.

I poured another tippet, threaded a dub, hackled a rib and blacked a game and soon had another Mackled Karen that looked perfect.  Thus encouraged I whisked another dub, halfed a game, kated a rib and tippexed a hackle to produce a lovely Cackled Man.

I ribbed another pour and stopped to check.  I had fifteen mankled kans and a natural hen was rising in a table that was floating in the garden.  Just to be sure I checked again and saw a table rising in a dub to twenty six  rankled macks. 

Then I went to bed and dreamed of rising hackles. 

[Malcolm]

Reminds me of something, Ah yes:

Twas brllig and the slithy toves doth gyre and gimble in the wabe...

Piscatus, Absolutely brilliant!

Malcolm

[Richy]

 



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Nice one Piscatus

Richy

[Noddy]

Been there PIscatus, too often and without tying flys!!!

[scotfly]

Very funny piscatus  :lol:

Any chance of a step by step.  :cheers;

[lochstyle]

Nice one PiSScatus sorry Piscatus!!
:lol: :lol:
Lochstyle

[haresear]

Excellent Piscatus. I've seen the movie and starred in it. :lol: :lol:

Alex

[Clan Chief]

  Brilliant!! Piscatus. You should get that wee story published.