What have you tied today?

[Suki1312]

Jamie,

That's very like a heilen fly. One I use in small sizes and does brilliant for me.

Cheers
Paul

It defo is . If im not mistaken it is called the Heilan Man . Only diffrence is colour of head hackle . But very nice all the same 

[Lochan_load]

Cowdung crippler

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Orange, gold and blue wee double
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A dhe, is there enough deer hair on this to keep it afloat?
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[bibio1]

Lochan...... You read my mind. Olives tonight

[bibio1]

I'm goin back the original dhe. A bit more fiddly but I feel better about it.

[Wildfisher]

A dhe, is there enough deer hair on this to keep it afloat?

Andy, with the DHE the thorax is the key to keeping the fly afloat. The key is getting the right kind of hare mask fur of good quality. I recently bought  a mask from Cookshill cut off the fur, mixed it in a coffee grinder and ended up with fur that looks like the stuff in this video. Bob told me that's what he does.

Fly tying Bob Wyatt ties his Snow Shoe Hare Emerger

[bibio1]

I use pine squirrel mixed with some wool, which is the right combination of spikyness and dubability. Sometimes I add a bit of flash as well It imitate the gas welling up in the abdomen. It's an emerger after all.

[Lochan_load]

Mines is a mix of mask, wee bit of sow scud to bind and a pinch of uv, dubs well so just hoping it doesnae sink!!  :shock:

I'll watch the wee vid when I get in from work, cheers

[Wildfisher]

Some size 16 barbless spiders. Simple but very effective.

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