Cormorant X Wets!!

[snatcher27]

A few cormorants i came up with as i had the idea of turning successful wet fly patterns into cormorants for rainbows. Both the peter ross and teal-bou & silver have taken a lot of fish for me last season. Hope you like.

Peter ross cormorant.

Teal-Bou & Silver.

Butcher cormorant.

Malard & claret cormorant.

[flytier07]

What a brilliant idea turning classic wets into Cormorants! Now why can't I come up with smething like that?

[darwin]

Cool idea, have you fished them yet?

[Scratch]

Nice flies, Snatcher27, but don't approach Fulling Mill just yet. The 'Peter Ross' Cormorant is pretty much a standard now, along with a few other classic wets that have had the Cormorant treatment.
Personally I'd call yours 'Marabou winged wets'. They're only one step away from the given wet fly - the wing, but two steps away from a Cormorant - tail and hackle... which Cormorants don't have.

[snatcher27]

yes have had a lot of fish with the peter ross and what I call my Teal-Bou & Silver. I have a few nice ideas for flies which I have tied already, Might post them soon!

[THE ROOK]

The more you looked at my boxes the more ideas you got madman what you been smoken ..... lol


Wilkie

[snatcher27]

ha ha don't smoke mate it ain't good for you. Had these flies tied for a year or so now mate i showed you them when i first tied them up. But a few tips from you has made my fly tying come a long way and there might just be a possibility that i could show you a few hints and tips now lol

[THE ROOK]

See how much the pike like them then lol

As scratch says they have been about for years even before I showed you them, someone gave me them to try and that was years before I showed you how to tie flys kid.



Wilkie

[maharg]

Originally Posted by Scratch

They're only one step away from the given wet fly - the wing, but two steps away from a Cormorant - tail and hackle... which Cormorants don't have.

I do believe the original cormorants did in fact have a tail, though you are indeed correct about the hackle.

[snatcher27]

well all in all they fish great and are a good variant to have in your box. The idea was to keep them as close to a traditional wet fly as possible but tweak them slightly. Wilkie if i tie them on a 4/0 and make the wings from E.P fibre and bug bond some dome eyes on then yeah they might catch pike lol and aye your right mate if it wasn't for you showing some stuff i wouldn't be at the level im at now. Not long till my 10wt gear will be here!!!