hemp mayfly nymph.

[fishfish]

Well as my flytying kit is quite limeted at the moment i find myself using what i have to hand and being a very traditional country sort of chap i have all manner of materials to hand for my various things i make to sell and my hobbies,one thing i love to do in the winter months is to ferret rabbits for the pot,and as i am to tight to buy nets i make my own,the traditional material is hemp,this is a very nice material to work with for net making if a bit hard on the hands when making a 100 yard long net! so today i decided to see how the stuff would be for tying flies ,and here is the result a hemp mayfly nymph.



Hook: 12 long shank.
tail : pheasant tail.
rib: doubled fine copper wire.
body: hemp .
thorax: built up copper wire then the hemp,pheasant over top.
hackle: 2 tufts of pheasant tied either side.

then i tied the same nymph using green spun polyester net making cordage:



thanks for looking.

[brannan]

Top one is a cracker. That will definitely take fish.

[wingman]

Like them both fishfish, nice use of a material seldom used in fly tyimg......background objects are a bit distracting though, theres some great advice on the use of backgrounds for fly photography in the fishermans guide to photography section...but nice first attemps, thanks.

[andypandy]

The top one really is spot on. Perfect colour.

Andy

[dabhoy]

Both very nice but the top one is smokin

[fishfish]

cheers! the trout sure like em!