A couple of Salmon-flies

[Hans]

Great! Thanks Hans,

I have most of that but no Racoon so I'll try and use some Orange Buck Tail. I reckon that looks an excellent Saltwater Seatrout Fly and will give it a trial up North in June or maybe earlier in April in my local estuary.

You'll have to give it some sort of name, What about William of Orange :idea: thats got a few Dutch overtones :.

Sandy B.O.

As for the use of bucktail instead of raccoon, it may look the same,
but it's much stiffer than raccoon.
It is available over here, if you're interested I will be more than happy to send some over at cost...
A pack will cost 5.75 euro's, so approx 5 quid.
And 1 pack will do for a lot of fleas...

PM if you want me to send some over...

Does FLAME sound like a good name? :roll:
Cheers,
Hans

[Fishtales]

I think there is already a fly called that, Sandy

I got it wrong. It is called the Orangeman

http://www.classicflytying.com/index.php?showtopic=41313

To balance it out there is also the Fenian

http://www.classicflytying.com/index.php?s=fe07dbc5ba24a4886036697a79658868&showtopic=28686&hl=the+fenian

Hook - 4-8

Tag - round silver

Tail - topping and blue hackle fibres

Rib - oval gold

Body Hackle - golden olive (over green fur)

Body - first ? - hot orange seals fur, remainder bright green seals fur

Throat - jay or gallena died blue

Wing - tippet strands, married green, yellow and orange swan or goose, bronze mallard over

Head - black

[Black-Don]

Lovely flees there Hans. I've tried Salmon flies but they are an art in themselves.  :

[sandyborthwick]

Hi Hans,

That would be great if you can get me some Racoon for the fly. PM me with the cost and we can work out how to get some money across.

The Flame seems a great descriptive name - simple but effectve. It could be a real hot choice IMHO as it seems to have all the right triggers for the salt water Seatrout that I've become addicted to.

I even hooked and lost a Salmon in the Saltwater last year - caught up in some popweed I was fishing over.

I will be tying on Salar doubles which have proved effective for this sort of fishing. Shame is they have stopped doing them recently.

So it will be a dozen flames in the box with me this year. :

Sandy B.O. 

[Hans]

PM sent Sandy,
cheers, Hans

[sandyborthwick]

Hans you have a PM,

Hopefully some money too!

Sandy B.O.