Mallard and claret variant

[silversedge]

Hook-sz 10 b175
Tail-Bronze mallard,
Body-Claret seal fur with a wee bit of claret glister mixed through,
Rib-Orange holo counterwound with fine copper wire,
Throat hackle-Claret metz hen,
Wing-Bronze mallard,
Head hackle-Greenwells hen dyed burnt orange.

[Wee Jimmy]

Wullie.....yer burnt orange greenwells looks more like a grizzle to me mate..?
Whatever it is...it looks magic.....

[silversedge]

Cheers Jimmy,its one of gerrys cruncher specials.

[Old Jock]

Very nice indeeed.

[savage take]

nice one wullie.

[seanie]

Great stuff Wullie, Nice tying

[weight_forward]

I reckon that looks the business, with enough flash and colour to temp a few winter rainbows too. Nice one.

[silversedge]

Thanks for the comments folks:

[cax]

very nice fly. But its very different from a mallard and claret so to call it a variant, i am not so sure.

[Wee Jimmy]

Originally Posted by cax

very nice fly. But its very different from a mallard and claret so to call it a variant, i am not so sure.

Ye canny win Wullie,if you had called it a random name ,someone would have came on and said...." but its just a mallard n claret variant.....??".....