Gold nugget muddler

[wingman]

Still not got these muddlers out my system yet. On this one I kept the underside of the fly light on deerhair to show more of the partridge collar hackle. (a mix of 2 different colours of deerhair, a light olive and darker olive).

Tied on a kamasan B175 size 12

Gold nugget muddler



All comments much appreciated

cheers

mark

[roll cast]

Should see this not be the God Nugget Muddler


Nice fly maybe something sedgy in there about it

[emerger1981]

Originally Posted by roll cast

Should see this not be the God Nugget Muddler


Nice fly maybe something sedgy in there about it

tasty blend mate

rollcast.. muddlers are to represent sedge more than anything else, so just maybe eh? ..you are young grasshopper but you will learn

[stuartpengs]

Pictures are getting much better Mark! Really good. Can see you're taking it seriously now so I'm going to offer a couple more bits of advice which may sound small, but the devil is in the detail.

Try and get a fly clip, and try shooting the fly the other way round, with the eye on the right of the screen. Don't ask me why because I have no idea, but it just seems to be easier on the eye when orientated the other way.

Do you tie left handed Mark?

Nice fly and really is a much better picture.

[wingman]

Thanks rollcast and emerger1981, Aye the lads still learning but then again so am I Yes nice blend, its interesting to see the difference in the colours effect when just a few strands of another colour are added.

---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:16 PM ----------

Originally Posted by stuartpengs

Pictures are getting much better Mark! Really good. Can see you're taking it seriously now so I'm going to offer a couple more bits of advice which may sound small, but the devil is in the detail.

Try and get a fly clip, and try shooting the fly the other way round, with the eye on the right of the screen. Don't ask me why because I have no idea, but it just seems to be easier on the eye when orientated the other way.

Do you tie left handed Mark?

Nice fly and really is a much better picture.

Thanks stuart, no i;m not left handed I just tend to pick which side of the fly would look the most appealing photogenically (god thats a big word) but I can always flip the image in photoshop what a cheat, Now where can I get a fly clip?

[stuartpengs]

Originally Posted by wingman

Now where can I get a fly clip?

Rob sells them

[wingman]

Only jokin stuart I knew rob sold them, i will have to smooch over to him and see if he can sopply me with a good'n as i must admit the flies keep shooting out of those HP's and sooner or later its gonna hit someone in the oxford and cambridge.

Here's a more sedgey lookin critter rollcast could do with a longer slimmer body but it might giv em a wallop

[arkle]

Emerger, The original Muddler MInnow was invented by Dan Gapen to imitate a species of minnow.... called the "slimy sculpin" The use of deer & other hair-headed flies has widened drastically since its inception in the 1950's.

It was first brought to U.K. anglers attention by Tom Saville of Nottingham, who also introduced many other tying & fishing ideas from the U.S.

Very nice fly, the colour combination works superbly.

[silversedge]

Like both of them Mark,quality

[emerger1981]

Originally Posted by arkle

Emerger, The original Muddler MInnow was invented by Dan Gapen to imitate a species of minnow.... called the "slimy sculpin" The use of deer & other hair-headed flies has widened drastically since its inception in the 1950's.

It was first brought to U.K. anglers attention by Tom Saville of Nottingham, who also introduced many other tying & fishing ideas from the U.S.

Very nice fly, the colour combination works superbly.

it was mate.. muddler/sedge patterns was fished before that hence why i said its to rep sedges more than anything.. did you state that because you think overwise or was that just some extra knowledge on the muddler family?