What have you tied today?

[haresear]

Some of those "dry fly" hooks are too fine. I want to tie a fly I can use here and in New Zealand. Partridge are the worst I have seen. You would not have to be Uri Geller to bend those I can tell you.

Absolutely. I like medium wire for flies. Losing fish to a straightened hook is so annoying so fine wire is something I avoid.

[loch coulter]

Still trying to get into the way of doing these small Comparaduns.......
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perfect :

[scoobyscott]

Those look spot on to me

[scoobyscott]

Tried some snow shoe duns tonight. Will take a bit practise with the ssh. Any pointers on the wing welcome
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[rannoch raider]

There's a Bob Wyatt vid on you tube in which he ties a Snowshoe Dun. That's sure to be worth a look.

[burnie]

I often used forged hooks designed for coarse fish, primarily because I've got some, they'll never bend. Often wondered why there seems to be way more variations for both sea and coarse fishing than there seems to be for flies.

[rannoch raider]

Gradually building a river box. A few more from today.....

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[Lochan_load]

Can't see the images unfortunately Jim

[corsican dave]

very nice Jim. any number of species would go for those. what's the yellow on the body? a thread base?

[rannoch raider]

It's dyed Turkey biots Dave. they come in all sorts of colours. They can be a wee bit brittle but they're easier to manage than stripped peacock quills.