albannachxcuileag Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 As a few of you might know, I have had a few madcap ideas in the past and this is a recurring one that is getting nearer to the finalised article every time I revisit it. I have wanted to design a true emerger where we have a shuck in the subsurface and a fly emerging on the surface. Here I have managed to get a little bit closer with the idea albeit a little scruffy and inconsistent. I have plans for a small jig for creating the fly part and the temporary one that I used for this proves that the idea works and can be viable. So watch this space! This effort does not give the result that I wanted but has a more balanced look about it. I should have left more of a gap between the shuck part and the fly part but, Hey! Rome was not built in a day! Apologies for the colour cast as I could not be arsed to set the white balance! Looking at this and comparing it with the video of a hatching insect that gave me the idea still leaves a little to be desired but once the jig is up and running I can replicate the fly part a lot easier than the current method allows. Well, I have been back at this again and it is getting to have the look that I am after now, just a few more tweaks and it should be there. Going to give this and his mates a swim sometime this week. Taking another look at this and I can see what is needed to get what I want in it. If I double up the legs at the thorax area then it will seem more natural, the mixture of glister and dark dun spectrablend seems to give a better appearance to the shuck portion of the fly. Moving the emergence point further up the hook shank should make it look the part. OK, back to the drawing board, or in this case, back to the jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulltrout Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 looks good for a work in progress...have you experimented with umbrella hooks yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harps Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 That last looks the best; more like the natural progression. Good fly for picky fushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albannachxcuileag Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Not knowing what they are, I haven't! I am using Partridge Klinkhamer Extremes now as there is a lot more room for experimenting on, for a size 14 it is massive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Very interesting fly....Looks like an emerging Ephemerella...(Pale Morning Dun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 killer looking flies dude....lets make a deal..ill send ya halfdozen packs of umbrealla hooks(they will blow ur mind dude) if u send me a few of them patterns...PM me ur mailing address if u wish..i will try and dig our the umbrella cripple hooks too if i have any left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I love the concept, I'll tie some variations up this winter. Thanks for this and a lot of great posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishietales Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Not knowing what they are, I haven't! I am using Partridge Klinkhamer Extremes now as there is a lot more room for experimenting on, for a size 14 it is massive! I think he means what we over this side of the pond call a keel hook, like the ones John Goddard was using to do the polywing midge, remember the upside down fly? I'll dig a picture out and show you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 It's not quite like the keel hook (We have one this side of the pond, not sure if they are the same or not) it's more like the Sweedish dry fly hook. Here is a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishietales Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 No thats not the keel hook we use over here, the bend at the eye is reversed, the original keel hook when Goddard used it, was tweeked it a bit to get the shape he wanted, see for your self below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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