Thanks to Dave Wiltshire.

[Mrtrout]

On Saturday at the BFFI, I made a beeline to see Dave in action, one of the best IMO, and a joy to watch.
Now I am the first to admit, I am not a proficient tyer, I get away with my flies, and they catch fish, but exhibition pieces, they are not!!!
I also like a tail on most of my dry flies, it just aids buoyancy to me, and often find when tying in two microfibbets, that keeping them nicely separated is a fiddly old job.
Dave kindly showed me the old trick of a bit of thread placed around the bend of the hook and brought up and over and between the tails, flaring them perfectly, nothing new to you professionals I'm sure, but to me a revelation.
I have just tied a few, and it works every time, and as Dave mentioned, if using a bright green or coloured thread, and left to show, it can represent an egg sack, two birds with one stone springs to mind.
Cheers Dave, I feel a bit more competent now.
S.

[Mrtrout]

Done a dozen now, not one failure.
S.

[dwiltshire]

Pleased it is working well for you Steven. Nice to catch up

[burhan]

any pictures mr t. we'll judge how good they are

burhan

[Mrtrout]

Originally Posted by burhan

any pictures mr t. we'll judge how good they are

burhan

Sorry burhan, camera is rubbish at close up stuff.
S.

[burhan]

Originally Posted by mrtrout

Sorry burhan, camera is rubbish at close up stuff.
S.

no probs. send them to my home address for closer inspection

burhan

[Mrtrout]

[QUOTE=burhan;826932]no probs. send them to my home address for closer inspection

God loves a tryer.
S.

[bigbadtroutfisher]

Steven, good to hear you are tying your own flies instead of pinching them from me
Its great when something simple can produce good looking flies!
Keep up the good work.
Robert

[Mrtrout]

Originally Posted by bigbadtroutfisher

Steven, good to hear you are tying your own flies instead of pinching them from meIts great when something simple can produce good looking flies!
Keep up the good work.
Robert

I wont ever stop doing that Robert, but practice makes perfect so they say.
When I get to the level of you lot, I may stop rumaging through your pockets when I see you, but don't count on it.
S.

[BRUCE1]

Originally Posted by mrtrout

On Saturday at the BFFI, I made a beeline to see Dave in action, one of the best IMO, and a joy to watch.
Now I am the first to admit, I am not a proficient tyer, I get away with my flies, and they catch fish, but exhibition pieces, they are not!!!
I also like a tail on most of my dry flies, it just aids buoyancy to me, and often find when tying in two microfibbets, that keeping them nicely separated is a fiddly old job.
Dave kindly showed me the old trick of a bit of thread placed around the bend of the hook and brought up and over and between the tails, flaring them perfectly, nothing new to you professionals I'm sure, but to me a revelation.
I have just tied a few, and it works every time, and as Dave mentioned, if using a bright green or coloured thread, and left to show, it can represent an egg sack, two birds with one stone springs to mind.
Cheers Dave, I feel a bit more competent now.
S.

didn't know you were incontinent .......................... oh sorry competent

and everyone knows that old trick S...