Mar 28 2008
The Dandelion
Came across this fly a while back on hipwader.com – and rediscovered it while organizing bookmarks. An interesting pattern for sure! Click on the image for the complete instructions on tying it.
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Mar 22 2008
Daily Fly Drawings By Jeff Kennedy
Very cool idea – drawing a fly a day for 365 days !
Jeff has been posting links each day to his site from the FlyAngler.ca web site, and I’ve really been enjoying his work. A few he has definitely stepped outside the box, but I think that I still prefer the nice loose style of some of the watercolors… Definitely worth having a look through his site!
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Mar 13 2008
Doubleback Chironomid
I missed this presentation at the NLFT meeting the other day – nice job Greg!
The Doubleback Chironomid (by Greg Scratchley)
Hook: Partridge Klinkhamer Extreme
Tail: Short emu barbules
Body: (underbody) Thread (midge colour – tan/black/grey/olive)
Overbody: Clear midge Liquid Lace
Back: Pearl mylar
Wingcase: Swiss-straw
Throax: Rabbit / simi-seal dubbing
Gill: Emu barbules. (optional)
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Dec 16 2006
The Wallywing Method
I’m participating in another fly swap, this time a Classic Wallywing Flies swap. Having never tied a Wallywing before (haven’t tied many dry flies at all to be honest), I figured it was an opportunity to learn something new.
The above link to the Wallywing Method is an excellent How-To – I was practicing last night, and tied my first 2 wallywings ever. I’m pretty pleased with how they turned out… now to do a real pattern… I think for this swap I’ll do a Light Cahill.
Here are my first 2 attempts at a Wallywing (no pattern intended here…. just used what was laying around at the moment.
