Lively kate mcclaren

[irishflies]

Another pattern,(Not new though) is the kate mcclaren but a golden pheasant body hackle put in front.These having been fishing really well last season.I love skating flies and if you put a small amount of floatant on the pheasant hackle it does do well.
Tail-golden pheasant crest
Rib-oval silver
Body-black seals fur
Body hackle-black cock
Front first hackle-red game long
Finished with the golden pheasant body skin hackle.
Head-black

[roll cast]

Top drawer as usual, should work for sedge on a stillwater i SHOULD THINK

[wobbly face]

Well tied again. Never tied kate mcclaren with long fibre hackles, always used shorter ones. Have some gp body skin hackles and never used them, will now.

[zimtrout]

given me and idea now, something about the colour combination of kate mclarens that really works!

[irishflies]

Yeah, the long hackle on flies puts them in a league of there own.Try dying them black and claret and you have some cracking dabblers.The claret dabbler long wing done the job on corrib and mask the last 2 seasons

[darwin]

Very nice flies and quality wrappings, well done sir.

[seanie]

Very nice Trevor, I like them alot

[The Blue Licer]

Fabulous flies and pictures. I tie a lot for customers who want me to reverse the hackles, black at the front with the red game behind. Though I recently did a batch similar to yours but the front hackle was silver mallard flank feather dyed a really rich ginger and like yours, the longer fibres really give the fly some life.
I never fail to be very impressed with the quality of the flies (and photograpy) on this forum, when I get a little more time I hope to contribute a bit more but I am not thinking of eclipsing the efforts I see regularly on here. Who needs magazines !!!

[andypandy]

They are really nice. I love the long hackle on them.. Think ill tie some for the river for those broons..

Andy

[silversedge]

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