scotfly

No, your flies are coming to me in Engla Eng E the bit below Scotland Where I live is where the money is, but not where my heart is! Look on the bright side.. You're not all bad

British? I'm Scottish.

You're not far off the mark there Fishietails. At the height of their popularity/infamy a deer hair version of the "booby" was introduced. I think it was meant to appeal to the more "traditional" minded angler. It was however quite different both in appearance and in its intended purpose from the present day "Blob"

I make no comment!

Yes http://ukflydressing.proboards83.com/index...read=1185685447

The Blob as mentioned in FF mags is nothing like Fishietales Blob. They are primarily a "fly" for catching "stockies"

drb, the G & H sedge and the the Goddard's Caddis are one and the same. Simply a case of the Goddard name carrying more esteem and poor Henry being forgotten about. The lack of underbody is simply the way Goddard ties it now, it's not a different fly, more an omission.

STEP 6 Prepare the wing as per the tail. Pull enough fibres (approximately twice the width of the wing) and align the tips. Then cut them off the stem. Fold in half. Dull (inner) side to dull side. And that’s your wing ready to tie in. When they’re wet they will look just like normal paired slips. Tie in as you would normally for paired slips. STEP 7 Finally trim the waste. Form a neat head, whipfinish and varnish for the completed fly.

This is my contribution to the cross board swap. This is a Ray Bergman style wet fly. I’m not quite sure what constitutes a Ray Bergman wet though, other than the size I see no difference in it to the wet flies we’ve been tying in the UK for a long time. I suspect it may have more to do with the American desire to create their own history than anything actually unique about them. That aside though, I do think it is a very pretty fly and well deserved of its name, the “Beauty” Because I didn’t have the right materials to tie this strictly to the pattern I’ve had to “cheat” a little, I’ll explain the “cheats” as I come to them. Instructions assume right-handed tyers. HOOK – Kamasan B175 #8 THREAD – Black 6/0 TAIL – Guinea Fowl TAG – Flat Silver BODY – Grey Floss RIB – Flat Silver BEARD HACKLE – Black Hen WING – Guinea Fowl STEP 1 Attach the thread wrap towards the bend, catching in the tail as you go. The tail is made from paired Guinea Fowl wing slips. I only had a packet of primaries and for some reason only from one wing! So this is the first cheat. I could/ should have rolled the slips, but because Guinea Fowl is a “meatier” feather than the likes of Bronze Mallard it produced too much bulk. The solution was to simply cut a slip twice the width required and then fold it in two. Pics in the winging step. Not strictly text book tying, but as long as the fly tying police don’t come knocking on my door I can live with it. STEP 2 With the first turn of thread back up the body catch in the flat silver which will form the tag and the rib, taking the thread to the point shown. STEP 3 At this point tie in the floss for the body. The pattern called for a dark gray floss body, but I only have a light gray, so this is the next “cheat” Normally on a fly like this I would tie the floss in at the shoulder and wrap down then back up the body giving two layers. Because I didn’t have any dark grey floss I have given the body only one layer. This will allow the dark thread to show through and darken the floss when the fly is wet. Wrap the body to the shoulder. I now have one layer of floss which, as you can see, will darken considerably when wet. STEP 4 Wrap the tinsel to form the tag as shown, but don’t tie it off. Instead continue wrapping, in an open even spiral, to the shoulder before tying off, STEP 5 Invert the hook in the vice and tie in the beard hackle.

I think I've been nobbled Had I known I'd entered this contest I'd have submitted this little "Beauty"

You can tie it on singles too strangelady Or tubes/waddingtons. The most important point to get right is the wing. Make sure it is flat and parallel, or it'll swim like a wobble spoon!

STEP 6 Double the hackle and tie in. Then wrap and tie off. STEP 7 Finally whipfinish and varnish for the completed fly. And now with the proper hackle.

This is a variation of Andy Wrens Silk Cut Shrimp. It’s only a variation because when I came to select the hackle I discovered I hadn’t any purple hackles left! :-[ However the tying process is the same so I decided to post anyway. After tying it I thought it would make a good Steelhead pattern. This is not a popular pattern in my neck of the woods. Purple just doesn’t work on Southern Scottish salmon (normally) but it has a reputation further north, particularly for springers. Instructions assume right-handed tyers. HOOK – Partridge Salar Double #7 THREAD – Black 6/0 TAIL – Purple Bucktail + a few strands of pearly Chrystal Hair. BODY – Flat Pearl WING – Purple Golden Pheasant Tippet HACKLE – Red Cock (Purple on the original) STEP 1 Mount the hook in the vice and attach the thread. STEP 2 Tie in a fairly long sparse tail. STEP 3 Tie in a couple of strands of Chrystal Hair. I loop it round the thread as shown which gives it added strength. STEP 4 Take the thread back to the shoulder of the fly and tie in the flat Pearl tinsel. Then wrap to the tail and back to form the body. You can varnish the thread before winding for added strength and also the body after wrapping. STEP 5 Mount the wing. Keep it low to the body. And parallel.

Nice tie of a good looking pattern and some cracking fish... But I gotta ask, why is it called an emerging leech?

It's important to remember to support the hook/hair when you're packing it. Like this, taken from an sbs I did on the irresistible. Start making the spun body. After a couple of bunches of hair have been spun you should pack the hair. You can use your fingers, but I think a “brassie” is better. Don’t forget to grip the tail end, you need something to pack against and if you don’t you will push the dressing round the bend. You might find this sbs useful too. http://ukflydressing.proboards83.com/index...read=1185695506