albannachxcuileag Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 Messing around and seeing what happens to things. Just for a change I did not bother to remove the stubs of the deer hair but just trim them into a collar to create some surface disturbance. Should have pulled out those two long hairs! Hook, Thread, Hackle - as simple as it gets. 1 minute buzzer from 2 types of flashabou, Lime Green and Pearl, still to varnish! Quote
hydropsyche Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Me too. I also like the Hackle Hack. Whats that? A size 28? Where do you get hackle that small? Quote
albannachxcuileag Posted December 11, 2007 Author Posted December 11, 2007 Hydropsyche, it is a Griffith Gnat without the peacock herl. The hook is a VMC size 20 UK size - about 5mm long, the hackle is from a Whiting Grizzly Bugger pack. I have found that they chuck in a section of saddle or neck with some extremely nice hackles to make up the bulk, I bought a few of these in different colours and most of them have high quality dry hackles included along with the monsters! The top fly with the olive deer hair has a body made with Pearsal's original mid olive silk, I have a few spools of different Pearsal's that I inherited from an old fisherman that are no longer available these days. I added a couple of strands of Tan coloured Wapsi Enhancer Hank to perk it up a bit. Quote
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