C+C if you please

[garyj]

This is really just a play around with materials to make flies that look "fishy"; you know what I mean
I'm just learning but would welcome some critique on colours/proportions etc. Don't be shy (CU_Wader, I'll immerse them later for you). My heads are pretty poor, as is my finishing but practice will hopefully make perfect.

Thanks in advance, Gary

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[campsiefisher]

I like number 2 it's scruffly and 'foody' looking.

Not sure wether it needs the krystal flash ? though, or whatever the twisted tinsel is...i'd go without it

Best regards
Jim

[davie1984]

Look pretty good to me. Pretty sure all will catch plenty of fish.


Davie


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Has the bottom fly got deer hair in it?

[bill1]

You know yourself that they'll catch, mate
With the amount of material you're using, it's not surprising that the heads are a bit large. Can't see the trout caring.

[wingman]

They're not bad Gary, the basics are there. I would suggest maybe not to use too many different kinds of material on the one fly. To get an idea of proportions it is quite difficult when you use lots of bulk as all you tend to see is a mass of materials and no shape or form to the fly itself. If you start off with nothing more than say a hackle a body with a rib perhaps and a tail you will get a better idea of the overal look that your'e trying to achieve. It might sound a bit boring but this is the basic building block of constructing a fly, then you can start adding other accessories as you become more proficient at gauging the proportions. Personally I feel proportion in fly tying is everything believe me and is very understated, get the proportions fairly well down and the rest should follow but keep things simplified to start with and then build on it. Practice practice and mor practice, my Grandad used to say 'if your'e not tearing your hair out your'e not doing it right and I'm still along way from being bald.

Some stuff here on proportion which might help.
http://www.sexyloops.com/flytying/proportion.shtml

[garyj]

Originally Posted by wingman

They're not bad Gary, the basics are there. I would suggest maybe not to use too many different kinds of material on the one fly. To get an idea of proportions it is quite difficult when you use lots of bulk as all you tend to see is a mass of materials and no shape or form to the fly itself. If you start off with nothing more than say a hackle a body with a rib perhaps and a tail you will get a better idea of the overal look that your'e trying to achieve. It might sound a bit boring but this is the basic building block of constructing a fly, then you can start adding other accessories as you become more proficient at gauging the proportions. Personally I feel proportion in fly tying is everything believe me and is very understated, get the proportions fairly well down and the rest should follow but keep things simplified to start with and then build on it. Practice practice and mor practice, my Grandad used to say 'if your'e not tearing your hair out your'e not doing it right and I'm still along way from being bald.

Some stuff here on proportion which might help.
Proportion in Flies

Thanks for that (and to the others who have commented), I'll bookmark that link for future reference
Talking about back to basics, I'm just away from the vice having tied my first (2nd, 3rd....) Kate Mclaren and managed a hand whip finish (that's my 1st also). They're not too bad although the ribbing needs work

I feel a late night coming on, I'll be trying a few of these for tomorrow evening on "the loch"