Fly Fishing Forums
Go Back   Fly Fishing Forums > Fly Tying > Fly Tying Forum
St.Patrick's Day St.Patrick's Day
Forums Register Blogs FAQ Members List Social Groups Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Share LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 17-03-2011, 12:48 PM
peepingcaddis's Avatar
Trade Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 753
peepingcaddis is on a distinguished road
Default St.Patrick's Day
Click the image to open in full size.

Hook: Short shank special, 8
Thread: Olive nanosilk
Tail: Green Gp
Tag: Orange floss
Bum: Chartreuse Holo
Dubbing: 5050 semprefli
Rib: Chartreuse wire
Body hackle: Lime green cock
Thorax hackle: Dark olive cock
Head Hackle: Picric, Japanese Quail
JC


Tied it, just to see, but now looking at it, daphnia feeders?

Forgive the photo, only had five minutes, I may do an arty one tomorrow?
Hope you like...
__________________
Last edited by peepingcaddis; 17-03-2011 at 12:50 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 17-03-2011, 12:59 PM
Scratch's Avatar
Trade Member
  
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chorley
Posts: 8,341
Scratch has a spectacular aura aboutScratch has a spectacular aura about
Default
Should do a job, on a Scottish loch
__________________
Too much Saturn, not enough Moon.

Buzzers 2012


Fly Clips & Stands
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 17-03-2011, 01:48 PM
dabhoy's Avatar
Member
  
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Land of the Simmer Dim
Posts: 3,698
dabhoy is on a distinguished road
Default
Looks good Steve thought you may have addded a bit of white
Never come across Japanese quail though .
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 17-03-2011, 02:03 PM
peepingcaddis's Avatar
Trade Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 753
peepingcaddis is on a distinguished road
Default
Japanese quail, get in there!!

The white's in the dubbing, I say white, I mean cream.

This photo really doesn't do this fly justice, I shall take a proper un tomorrow!
__________________
Reply With Quote
Reply





« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Patrick's first trout in T&S? FlyBri General Fly Fishing Discussion 16 04-07-2006 03:40 PM






All times are GMT. The time now is 04:29 AM.

Fly Fishing Forums RSS Feeds - Contact Us - Fly Fishing Forums - Archive - Terms & Conditions - Cookie Policy - Top

Loading...
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
2006-2011 Fish&Fly Ltd