What have you tied today?

[Wildfisher]

I'm a hopeless tier  when it comes to deer hair flies Andy. I just can't get them neat, although in truth it does not matter much as even the neatest fly is soon untidy once used.

[corsican dave]

A Leg-hog

Another fly I will never use.  :lol:

got "carp" written all over it, Fred. just sayin'...... :

[rannoch raider]

Yeah, I agree with Andy , that looks dangerous. I'd fish it without hesitation at the first sight of cowdungs or sedges. In fact I'd give that a go as a general attractor on the bob.
I fish a tatty old soldier muddler that looks well past it's sell by date with a lot of success. It's survived a few seasons in my box and the more torn and tattered it gets the more effective it seems to become. I've got plenty other nice neat versions but the old wreck has got a quality that can't be tied in.
I agree that you can get away with a lot with deer hair but it's still nice to see a well tied muddler type fly fresh from the vice.

[Wildfisher]

got "carp" written all over it, Fred. just sayin'...... :

Is it next April in sunny Spain then?   :lol:

[rannoch raider]

Hey Dave, Quick question for you. What is the brand of your 'go to' wire leader ?

[Wildfisher]

Yeah, I agree with Andy , that looks dangerous.

That one is golden olive, I have found in the past the most effective colours for hedgehogs to be purple and orange. Quite why these unnatural colours work I have no idea.

[Lochan_load]

I just can't get them neat, although in truth it does not matter much as even the neatest fly is soon untidy once used.

That's about as neat as a sedgehog gets really and as soon as you've had a fish on they get chewed up pretty quick!

On the wire thing i was using partridge pike wire earlier this year and found it really good it's not cheap (it's partridge!)  but it's fairly fine, dark brown sort of like maxima. You knot it with a stop knot so no clips, swivels etc

[fergie]

Ive found the sparcer dressed or chewed sedgehogs have been far more effective than some heavily dressed ones I bought.

[Wildfisher]

One for the closing days of the season.

The SedgeDad    :

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[rannoch raider]

There's something quite nice about these leggy versions when you get over their initial strangeness. I'll need to knock a few up and give them a swim sometime.