My deadly new fly...

[Spider]

Cant post a pic guys, but in bright awkward conditions on friday one dry fly outperformed the others by a clear margin on my local river..


Hook: Curved dry fly emerger hook Varivas 212Y ( flat on top, like a Klink extreme )
Thread : Black, splittable
Body: Peacock herl ( nice and green ) , tied in open turns
Wing: CDC tied in loop, combed upwards

Sorry for lack of pic fellas. Havent seen it much/ever on websites, but its a cracker....the cdc helps it land gently, and we all know how lethal peacock herl is on brownies....

[cu wader]

This thread of yours is totally useless without pictures. It's like me saying to you that I have a shinny white car with four wheels and it goes really fast but is lousy on gas! So, what do you think of my car?

[A. Fluker]

Originally Posted by Spider

Cant post a pic guys, but in bright awkward conditions on friday one dry fly outperformed the others by a clear margin on my local river..


Hook: Curved dry fly emerger hook Varivas 212Y ( flat on top, like a Klink extreme )
Thread : Black, splittable
Body: Peacock herl ( nice and green ) , tied in open turns
Wing: CDC tied in loop, combed upwards

Sorry for lack of pic fellas. Havent seen it much/ever on websites, but its a cracker....the cdc helps it land gently, and we all know how lethal peacock herl is on brownies....

Sounds great a Black & Peacock spider variant but without a pic the proportions are left in the hands of the gods!

[Dingbat]

Originally Posted by cu wader

This thread of yours is totally useless without pictures. It's like me saying to you that I have a car with four wheels and it goes really fast but is lousy on gas! So, what do you think of my car?

Its obviously a Ford Cortina

[wingman]

Its just an excuse, I mean if I had a secret weapon nobody would get to see it either but it sounds like the trout got a good look at it and liked what they saw.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by cu wader

This thread of yours is totally useless without pictures. It's like me saying to you that I have a shinny white car with four wheels and it goes really fast but is lousy on gas! So, what do you think of my car?

No its not useless, if you had some imagination!

I'll try to expand for you .

It has a black body, ribbed with peacock herl ( one strand )
Its on a curved emerger hook
On top of the hook , sticking out of the water, is CDC ( looks like the deer hair in Bob Wyatt's DHE ). I spin this in a split loop, combing upwards to help the hook settle properly in the water.


Of course its nor "new" as such ( new to me ) , but it beat CDC and Elks, F Flies and Klinks all ends up.

I'll be tying a few more as it was pretty much a pre season experiment for me.

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Originally Posted by Loopy

Sounds great a Black & Peacock spider variant but without a pic the proportions are left in the hands of the gods!

Agree Loopy, sorry no pic. The Black and peacock is a great fly. This doesnt have black hackle, and its an emerging dry rather than a wet but thats where its origins are.

[spidersplus]

Spider,

Why not post a picture of the fly?

If you do not own a digital camera, surely you have a mobile phone with a camera?

[dabhoy]

I can imagine what it looks like
May be tomorrow I will tie one and post a picture and everyone else do the same and see what you come up with.

[wingman]

Originally Posted by dabhoy

I can imagine what it looks like
May be tomorrow I will tie one and post a picture and everyone else do the same and see what you come up with.

Now thats a good idea stanley....why didn't I think of that.... mind you if you had all the ingredients to coca cola and you had to make it yourself would it still taste the same?

[otter]

Like all limerick men , a chancer, he goes and catches 4 trout , 3 on the one mentioned and gets all excited

only messing, put up a pic and we will give one a lash.