What have you tied today?

[Lochan_load]

Purple bugger, again on a #6 classic streamer, 7x shank  :shock:
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[corsican dave]

a bit on the titchy side, Andy....  :lol:

[Bobfly]

"The following pictures may contain violent colours."  ! 

We need to have an alert message like you get on the telly  :shock:

[Lochan_load]

I thought it was a subtle use of colour  :lol:

[Lochan_load]

a bit on the titchy side, Andy....  :lol:

I've got some 4's as well  :

[corsican dave]

I've got some 4's as well  :

:lol:
#4/0?

[Robbie]

Very nice Robbie the tail is interesting can't imagine how you tied that cheers

John, the honest answer is badly in the case of the pictured fly. Tied in the tips of two CDC fathers onto a detached body tool before forming the body.  Didn't take much to pull them out so it was back to the drawing board. For the latest attempt I stripped barbules off the bottom of the feather but tied the whole stalk in as i formed the body. This left the thicker end of the feather stalk and two tags of thread to be tied onto the hook. Means the feather tips are physically tied to the hoo so should be more robust. Slight drawback is that the feather stiffens the detached body, only a little and the CDC feather is fairly flexible.

Hopefully the above makes sense...

[johnsd]

Cheers Robbie  :

[Clan Chief]

A flee that was brought to may attention last night is "The Red Arrow"
Its a fly of Irish origin devised by Longford dentist, Syl Higgins. Apparently this pattern is deadly on the point early in the season. I was advised that I had tied the hackles too long on the first two I tied. So I tied another couple which are hopefully closer to the original.

[Bobfly]

I like that Red Arrow. Might try that with claret tippets too.