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Baronet, Tolfrey obviously subbed Amherst for the tippet, couldn’t get ahold of any dyed red locally, and didn’t want to wait. I think the wing is a bit too long. Also when tying this type of fly, I fell like I should have tied it as a one shot wing rather than a piece at a time. I do think this was my best herl head yet which I was happy with. Critiquing is always welcome. (Subbed peacock wing for Argus)
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That’s a great effort.. I think your wing is a bit long but, still nice. Yes, that’s a great head
Shaking off some tying rust with a 4/0 Greenwell for a friend...
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Good to see you back at it bud,,, ive been telling myself il start next week fir last 2 month 😙😂
A size 1 Black Jay (Kelson).
Swapped this for a nice Black Jay tied by Aaron Miller.
Unusual popham variant tied last weekend. Size 4. The wing’s a little off, I think it’s too big. I don’t have any houbara tail like the original but who would anyways.
Size 4/0 March Brown variation. It’s been some time since I tied anything in the ways of a classic, so there’s certainly some fine-tuning required.
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Oh my goodness he lives! I was hoping that bike of yours didn't send you off a cliff or into.a tree somewhere.
Set of Inchiquins, more or less in a reduced style/low water. Sz 4, 6, and 8. Nothing fancy, but a fly I’ve always liked for it’s simplicity. Used mohair that Indyed myself instead of pigs wool, but otherwise as described.
Size 1 Yellow Baronet/Babnet/Barnett (Yellow identity crisis)… take 2 from example in Hardy tome. I had no “proper” golden yellow for bidy materials so erred on orangey yellow side provided the other dressing is orange. I really like this pattern! A simple elegance about it.
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Absolutely beautiful fly
Hey all! Silver Ardea, from Kelson. Second go at this pattern, much happier than my first attempt last year. Been doing a lot of fishing this past spring and summer, and sort of stepped away from classics for a while. Now that fishing season is winding down here, I’m back at the vise often enough to actually finish a fly. Hopefully I’ll be posting more soon!
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Great looking fly!
Welcome back. Cracking work.
Nicely tied!
Beautiful fly! Love the wing!
Size 1 Yellow Baronet/Barnett/Babnet, or “the Yellow Identity Crisis”… but seriously…
A bastardized version of the Hardy 1910 recipe and Hardy tome examples. Used Temmink’s trag neck for small CotR sub. Looks darn like sanguinolenta.
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Thats gorgeous man!
Absolutely gorgeous
That’s perfect as far as I’m concerned! How did you do the wing like that? I’ve been trying to figure that out but no success yet.
Love it...
1/ Tiemco Childers can never make this look like I want but kinda like the way this came out!
Dewdrop from Kelson sz 2/0. I allready posted this in other group.
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Really like this one!!!
Nice work. Defo some skills here. The body spacing, I’m sure you’ve noticed. The JC could be a lot bigger as they are ‘sides’, not ‘cheek’s. Something to keep in mind. Study the plates if you wonder 😊. Lovely job overall.
Finished the head on the blacker No. 9 tied on a 2/0 Glensworth(?) Partridge hook, which I find rather Interesting.
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Beautiful fly, though i find the spear kinda weird on this hook.
Evening Star 5/0. Not my usual thing and my JC is poop.
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Beautiful tying Sir Richard!
Mixing it up? Lovely job!
Awsome Richard!
Beautiful fly dude!
Lovely fly 👍
If that JC is poop I don’t want to know what you’d call mine…🫣
Top: Blacker No. 9
Bottom: Rogan unnamed No. 4
Haven’t finished the heads yet because I’m not sure I’m crazy about them. Sometimes I look at them and I’m like yeah I like it, then 5 minutes later I want to strip them both. Hackle on the Rogan is much, much too large. I’ll probably finish them this evening I’m sure they will fish. Any advice is welcome.
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I would tie a couple more of each and try improve fix whatever is bothering you.
Did you study Robert’s tutorials about shaping heads?U can also build heads by adding more varnish to the back section of the head and letting it dry,then adding more overall.Are you using wax to use less wraps and control where the bulk goes?The top pic head looks good to me,just has to be cleaned up by trimming and varnishing.Before final varnish coat you can also build up a section with a few wraps of thread then varnish.The heads on your two flies are not bad at all,just tweak the shape by where your wraps are placed
Unknown at 2/0 and a snow fly at about 3/0. Wing’s a little thin on the snow fly and I still need to varnish both heads. I need to improve my tails like the one in the photo. Strip ceilings just never turn out quite right for me. I did the wing tips up because I was afraid of reversing the Amherst. All advice welcome.
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The original, unfortunately all I have is a photo.
1/0 in my opinion the first t st wool buggerbut not as good as As Hèss'z
Rogans at the ready…
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Braw looking set Ad 👌
What pattern is the one top left, and 2nd from left on the bottom row? Beautifully tied flies BTW! 👏
I love everything about this. What a set.
Yo…. Dude!
Looking hard and long on that T&L upper right!!
Great work!!
Love the box too!👍
Hot dayamn 🤩🤩🤩
Fishy bits my friend
Very nice 👍
Beautifully done!
That'll do pig, that'll do.
This is gorgeous.
Rogans Favorite, however I didn’t have golden olive hackle so I used claret cuz I just love that color. Also I wasn’t positive if red pheasant meant the breast feather or something else. Might do this one a few times as I really like it, and there’s a few things I’d like to change.
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That’s a good looking fly man.. Golden olive is definitely a staple in the tying kit
I Love the Rogan paterns …..
Back at the cork
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Very nice 👍
I love the Cork colletion👍🏻
A friend gave me some seals fur, been trying to guess this color. Would you call this a dun color? Gray perhaps?
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Like anything it’s a spectrum but def a dun/gray of sorts.
There is an overview of 9 dun colours in an article on the website 🙂
In my color reference book the closest is grayish turquoise.
wee little Blue Doctor as part of series of flies i've been working. Not sure on the size of the hook, but 4-6 i'd suspect.
Plus an artistic shot of a cool hand vise I came across.
about a 2/o Thunder & Lightning, tied a la Rogan. Copied the beauty in the Cork Collection.
Head got away from me, and creeped out on the gut a little. But its been a while since I tied a full size salmon fly lol
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Love seeing your flies bruddah!
Stunner....a good catcher too.
Very nice 👍
Gorgeous
Size 8 Black Dog…
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Woof !!!! Now thats a dog sir 👍
Used heron crest, like William Blacker buh buh buh 🤓
I don’t see pictures 🙁
🤯
That’s really cool, makes me want to make one this small for my steelhead box
Amazing…