What have you tied today?

[rannoch raider]

I think the strong northerly wind will be my biggest problem on Friday. The area that I think will hold the fish will be open to the full strength of it. Wind has been the biggest issue in spring for the past few years, certainly in west central Scotland.

[corsican dave]

yep, I was going to risk it all on loch morlich tonight. within 5 mins of leaving work the wind had picked up again... :roll:
back to the tying, those fish mask heads certainly make the materials behave themselves nicely!

[rannoch raider]

Yep. I wouldn't be without the fish masks Dave. Tied plenty without them, building up heads with uv resin, bonding eyes to feather and fibre ! A lot of hassle and extra weight when you can pop on the mask and get a perfect, very robust finish every time. Great platform for eyes too. They are a bit pricey but that's their only fault that I can see. They make my mediocre efforts look acceptable so I'm happy to pay a wee bit for that.

[Francis]

Bold, I know, not just for a dry fly man

[rannoch raider]

Hey Francis, What's the name of that one then ?

[Francis]

Hey Francis, What's the name of that one then ?

Well, just one guess ...
But the orientation is non my fault - have to get used to that software ;-)

[corsican dave]

'mon the bla-bass!  :[attachimg=1]

[JimJams]

That's Bonny Dave! What did you use for the tail?

[corsican dave]

cheers Jamie!  some hollow braided leader with a bit of 30lb nylon shoved through the middle. sealed the end with a flame, used some marker pens to colour it, then finished it off with a light coating of bug-bond. I haven't had a beer tonight, so feck knows how I came up with that idea.... :lol:

[corsican dave]

this one's got "carp" written all over it
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