Winged Wet Fly Swap, Winter 2012

[peregrines]

Another bunch of great looking flies-- thanks to all that participated in this one.


Tied by Wovenstonefly
Butcher

Tied by Dave5977
Lead Wing Coachman

Tied by Dean_mt
Gary LaFontaine’s Diving Caddis

Tied by Famill00

Tied by Mudbug
Dark Cahill

Tied by Drlaser

Tied by tbiii
Queen of the Waters

Tied by S fontinalis
Alexandra

Tied by Gatortransplant
Christmas Flymph

Hook: Nymph size 14
Thread: Red
Tail: Lime Krystal Flash
Rib: Gold French tinsel
Body: Red thread
Hackle: Olive hackle


Tied by LiphookedAu
Hacked Coachman Trude Style

Hook #10-12
Thread Black
Tag Flat Gold or Silver Tinsel
Tail Pheasant Tipit
Butt Peacock Herl
Body Yellow Floss with extra 2 winds or Peacock Herl
Throat Hackle Brown Hen either tied in throat style or wound & tied foward
Wings. Synthetic Wing Material


Tied by peregrines for Flytyer123
Quill Gordon Wet

Hook: Mustad 3399 size 12
Thread: White Uni 8/0 for tail, rib and underbody, switching to Brown Uni 8/0for hackle throat, wing and head
Tail: Fibers from medium dun hen saddle feather
Rib: Gold wire
Body: Stripped peacock herl
Throat: Medium hen cape feather
Wing: Mallard flank feather (the classic pattern uses Wood Duck flank)


Tied by peregrines
Grizzly King

Hook: Mustad 3399 size 10
Thread: White Uni 8/0 for tail, rib and body, switching to Black uni 8/0 for hackle, wing and head
Tail: Red hackle barbs
Rib: Lagurtan Silver tinsel
Body: Green Pearsall’s silk (split into 1/2 of strand)
Throat: Grizzly hen
Wing: Mallard flank fibers
Head: Black thread

 

[mudbug]

Nice looking bunch-a-flies.

I really struggled with this swap. Nothing I did made me happy. I was gonna try a Greenwell's Glory but as simple as the body is, I could never get the wings right and I had a hard time finding decent Furnace hackle for the beard. When I finally got some hackle I liked I decided I hate beards. So I tried a full hackled version (which from my reading is OK) but I could never get the wings to sit right so I ended up with a bunch of greenwell's body soft hackles.

So I went with my first choice of the Dark Cahill and still I found I don't like beards so I went with the full hackle version.

I took some pictures and showed them to a friend that has been tying for about 30 years and he said that they were OK but the head is too big, the hackle too long, and not enough wing, the result is the wing get's lost in the hackle.

This is what I was going for,

Still, I think they will fish well.

 

[Liphookedau]

Mark The Recipe for The Hacked Coachman.

Hook #10-12
Thread Black
Tag Flat Gold or Silver Tinsel
Tail Pheasant Tipit
Butt Peacock Herl
Body Yellow Floss with extra 2 winds or Peacock Herl
Throat Hackle Brown Hen either tied in throat style or wound & tied foward
Wings. Synthetic Wing Material
Brian.

 

[fire instructor]

A lot of tying talent demonstrated in this swap! I just hope that I can be up to the standard with the two swaps that I'm a part of!

 

[flytyer123]

Man i really wish you guys would have gotten to see the Tellico Flymphs but they got lost in the mail. Special thanks to Mark (Peregrines) for tying up some replacement flys. All the flys were exellent and i look forward to fishing them.
Tight Lines,
Austin

 

[Liphookedau]

Hi Austin.
Your Flies will propably turn up in a month or so,pity I couldn't have predicted the loss as unfortunately I'm no good in that line,I could have sent an extra dozen or so to save Mark tying them as I tied 5 1/2 dozen in 6 different Patterns then picked the ones to send.
Brian.

 

[wovenstonefly]

Great looking flies everyone. It was a pleasure to be in this swap with everyone.

 

[Liphookedau]

Mark.
Just retured home & collected the Flies.

Also Nice Ties Guys,looking foward to the next swaps.
Cheers.
Brian.