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Ok I stayed up all night on my very first fly and here it is ;):lol:

 

Hook: Mustad 34011 2/0

Tag: Medium Oval Tinsel

Body: Green floss, ribbed with red and silver holographic tinsel

Underbody: Tricolor Flash RED GOLD GREEN, Green Saddle feather

Wing: Red and White buck tail

Eye: Jungle Cock

Black Laquered Head.

 

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Dave I have a lot of time off over Xmas so lets get out and I will land a 20"+ on this sweet fly YOU GAVE ME :D

 

 

ya.....no....not happening chris... :unsure:

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I'll admit, this is a previous tied fly but I've never revealed it on this (or the old) site before (if memory serves me).

 

Sadie's Special

 

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Tag: Oval Silver, black floss, GP crest. The red feather is also from a golden pheasant. I believe its from the base of the tail.

Body: Red Ostrich herl, Oval Silver, black floss

Throat: Burnted Red Spey Hackle, Wood Duck

Wing: White Lady Amherst, GP tippet, GP crest and a strip of that same base-of-tail feather

Head: Black Ostrich Herl, twisted gut eye

 

I think thats the material list.

 

Not as technically difficult as CapeB's, but visually appealing. The picture sucks because it was taken with a old film camera and scanned.

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I'll admit, this is a previous tied fly but I've never revealed it on this (or the old) site before (if memory serves me).

 

Sadie's Special

 

SadieSpecial2.jpg

 

Tag: Oval Silver, black floss, GP crest. The red feather is also from a golden pheasant. I believe its from the base of the tail.

Body: Red Ostrich herl, Oval Silver, black floss

Throat: Burnted Red Spey Hackle, Wood Duck

Wing: White Lady Amherst, GP tippet, GP crest and a strip of that same base-of-tail feather

Head: Black Ostrich Herl, twisted gut eye

 

I think thats the material list.

 

Not as technically difficult as CapeB's, but visually appealing. The picture sucks because it was taken with a old film camera and scanned.

 

 

very pleasing to the eye indeed ..

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Well we had several different styles so I decided to go with the one no one had touched. So now presenting my first spey/dee inspired fly.

 

 

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Hook- Patridge of Redditch 1/0

Tag- red thread, silver xtra small oval tinsel, lilac pearl silk

Tail- Golden Pheasant crest dyed red orange tyed splayed

Butt- Black ostrich herl

 

Body rear 2/3- blue silk

reverse rib- 2 xs oval silver tinsel & purple silk

 

Full rib- 2 xs gold oval tinsel & Silver flat tinsel

Body front 1/3 webby dark chartruesse ringneck pheasant dubbed

 

Hackle- Ringneck pheasant rump feather dark chartreusse

Hackle counter rib- xs oval silver tinsel

 

Throat- Brown RN pheasant rump, natural barred Gadwall flank

 

Wings- Bronze mallard

 

Head- Black thread 3 coats of varnish

 

Lots of new materials to me so hopefully I didn't miss any in the recipe.

 

 

On a side note- It may look like I finished the head too far back but this is the way it is supposed to be done according to my research. However if anyone has any experience with these flies I would be interested to know how close I got to the optimal posistion.

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