What have you tied today?

[Wildfisher]

A good hook too.  :

[troutmaddave]

Nice, I think my local trout would like that. What is the hook?

[Wildfisher]

Dave, it's a Fulling Mill 35025 Grab Gape Barbless black nickel  size 10. Good solid hooks that hold well.

[Bobfly]

Got the Doobry look about it ...... I like Doobries !

[Wildfisher]

I've always found heavily palmered flies to be the worst spinners.

Agreed, they can be very bad.  I seldom bother with palmered flies.

Would it matter if a fly span? We would worry if a Mepps didn't!

Spinning flies twist fine  leaders which will weaken them. Not as much of a problem in a wave on a loch of course where thick leaders can be hidden. In fact this is the weakness of Mepps style spinners - line twist. On the very rare occasions I spin I use swivels and an anti-kink vane to try to prevent it.

[rannoch raider]

A couple of Racoons for the saltwater sea troots......

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[corsican dave]

like those Jim! funnily enough I bought some racoon zonker in Edinburgh at the weekend. it's huge!

[Wildfisher]

Yes, I do like those.  :

Tell me, can anyone still tie a split wing Greenwells Glory or has that art been lost?   :lol:

[rannoch raider]

Haven't felt the need to tie a split wing fly for years now. CDC or hackles these days !

[Wildfisher]

Neither have I Jim. They have been superceded by superior modern patterns. They do have a classical beauty about them though, but it only lasts a dozen casts or one fish, then they look like shit.