What have you tied today?

[bibio1]

I like that.....a lot.
Looks like a September fly.

[Lochan_load]

Cheers, yeah it's got that look about it. Reckon you would see it any wave!
Trying to get my eye back in so I've finished off with a 1" brass tube... Same materials
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[corsican dave]

very nice!

[scoobyscott]

There stunning lochan, if there all that calibre I won't get bored looking at them

[corsican dave]

back to the usual old shite. this one's just shy of 11"
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[rannoch raider]

Ooft ! They wont miss that one Dave ! I've never seen a fly that length. I reckon it would be the biz for the salt as well as the 'aliens' ?

[Wildfisher]

To revert, just for a moment,  to the language of my east Angus  childhood - that fly, Dave,  is a raker!   

[bibio1]

back to the usual old shite. this one's just shy of 11"
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You catch gannets with that.

[corsican dave]

cheers folks! (I think.... :lol:) for some reason I couldn't really get the colours to show correctly; the belly is a beige/tan and the back is a dark green/blue. so yes, Jim I absolutely thought both mackerel pattern & juvenile pike. stainless hook, so suitable for salt and fresh. I added a touch of red pen to the throat after this and it really brought it out. these are very easy to tie, btw. there's just a couple of pointers that make the difference; firstly, pulling out a few strands of the fibres to produce a taper (magically that produces a taper at the other end, too. obvious when you think about it.... :roll:), and then the 40:60 ratio when you tie it in. tie in 40% of the length first, then the remaining 60% goes back over the top. a bit pernickety? yep, maybe so but it makes the difference. (only in looks: the aliens won't give a 4X  :)

[corsican dave]

a couple of bleak patterns on a #4