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Post by boisker on Feb 16, 2016 17:53:11 GMT
Cheers... Really helpful.... I always like fly suggestions
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Post by kevzim on Feb 21, 2016 12:25:53 GMT
For what it worth boisker I can give you the dressing for my favourite pattern when I used to fish kennick , fernworthy and burrator years ago. Apart from the standard patterns like invicta, diawl back, pheasant tail etc there was a certain nymph based on Gordon Frasers bp nymph that was always my first choice ( either leaded early season , unleaded and smaller sizes in the summer). If this pattern didn't work I would fish hard on the bottom with a couple of suspender buzzers on a short leader ( booby nymph style, really slow retrieve). Black nymph Tail : any black feather but if you can find one there is a type of black feather from a crow or raven or some such bird that looks black but if you twist it in the light it sort of flashes iridescent green ( sorry not explained very well but you will know when you see it) Body and thorax: A 50/50 mix of black seal fur or substitute and hairs fur including plenty of long guard hairs ( easier to harvest this from the body than the mask just don't include to much underfur). Rib : pearl mylar to suit hook size ( I tied them on 10 s 12 s and 14s ) Thorax cover : as for tail. Hope this gives some food for thought. The feather you describe - magpie tail? Crow, rook and jackdaw lack the iridescence - magpie tail is a fantastic tying material. Makes a mean "PTN" style fly as well. They are difficult buggers to shoot though! |
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Post by halfstoned on Feb 21, 2016 15:53:50 GMT
Could be kevzim, found a couple years ago ( my family are used to me picking up random feathers when we go out for walks) and tied up a nymph with them. In short supply now though will have to try some magpie!
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Post by mojo on Feb 21, 2016 20:19:26 GMT
My cat dragged one home a while ago, 4 six foot fences a tree and a fifteen foot wall, watched it all the way home thinking feathers, dropped into the garden and put it down, I thought it looked dead, as soon as the cat turned his back it flew off, cunning birds!
Mo
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Post by kevzim on Feb 22, 2016 20:26:16 GMT
You aren't wrong... I have an air rifle by my desk, and another in the bathroom, specifically to pick the sods off when they start raiding the songbird nests along my hedge. Manage one of them a year on average (out of half a dozen). If you know a gamekeeper or anybody with a Larsen trap, then there's your source of tailfeathers ;-)
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