My 1st Dabbler or not?

[garyj]

Pure accident this fly; I stuck a #10 long shank in the vice solely to practice whip finishing by hand, hence the thick silk and ended up having a wee play with some materials.
This is the result of about 10 minutes (of very enjoyable) work using materials mostly unknown (cock hackle, pheasant hackle, black silk, yellow uni-floss, peacock hearl, yellow dubbing and some varnish "I think").
I'm on the loch tomorrow evening and could picture a nice bold fly on the Bob, so here it is.
It's a bit rough but I'm still practising

The question is: Is this a Dabbler?

[maharg]

In one word, no.
The main component of a dabbler is a "cloak" of bronze mallard
The Classics: Dabbler
Have a wee squint here.
ATB
Graham

[garyj]

Thanks Graham, that's a great link and really puts my effort to shame, one day.....watch this space

[maharg]

No worries mate.
There are only a couple of secrets to tying good flies.
Thread tension,
Good materials
and loads and loads and loads and loads of practice.

By the way your fly will catch fish no worries at all.

[bruno]

A wee bit more practice and you will get there bud , as you said a very enjoyable ten minutes using different materials thats all that matters you enjoy what you are doing
all it takes is time and the guys on the forum will give you all the tips and help you could ever
its taken me around 2 years and a bit of practice and listening to the guys on here
i love tying dabblers ( never fish them ) just love tying them
this was one from last week



im sure you will your next one will be a belter
very best regards
Scott