H/Flies

[Wee Jimmy]

A fresh batch of heather flies to replace the old yadd in my box....

Hook: Kamasan B-160 size 10.
Body: Black Seal.
Rib: Black Spanflex.
Legs: 4 knotted burnt orange cock PT herls.
Hackle: Black cock palmered through the thorax.
Wing: A few strands of pearl.

[bill1]

Very nice. I can't make out what you've used for the wings. Polypro?

[dabhoy]

What's the wing Jimmy?

[Wee Jimmy]

The wing is just a few strands of lureflash mop.....probably unimportant from a fishing point of view but we thought it may be worth experimenting with when we noticed that the flash of the natural insects wings were catching our attention one sunny day.Whether or not the fish might see them the same way is another question.It definately doesny put them off taking it though......

The first ones had a teardrop wing cut from pearl sheet, then we tried a double V wing of wide pearl lurex.Both of these proved popular with the trout at Heather fly time but the wings were not very durable.

[bill1]

Thanks. You seem to have got a nice V shape on them.

[silversedge]

Excel Jimmy,hope they are on Stocks in a fortnight,as im working every night till then

[the stig]

love them wee flys jimmy someone was just talking about heather flys the other day to be honest its not a fly i,ve tried but might do a couple for day out
bert

[wobbly face]

Nice ones Jimmy. Tied some up myself, thinking of Stocks at the time.
I colour the bottom part of the legs with a black permanent marker pen. Don't know if it makes any difference. Few strands of pearl lurex for wings.

[Wee Jimmy]

Originally Posted by wobbly face

I colour the bottom part of the legs with a black permanent marker pen. Don't know if it makes any difference.

Aye...that would be closer to the natural right enough wobbly.We would probably do just as well with a chunky black hopper to be honest.The trout seem to be obliging enough when the heather fly is on....our version of duffers fortnight I guess....

---------- Post added at 02:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:12 PM ----------

Originally Posted by the stig

love them wee flys jimmy someone was just talking about heather flys the other day to be honest its not a fly i,ve tried but might do a couple for day out
bert

When the fish are on heather flies,it does very well Bert.Are you not seeing them around on your local waters yet...?

[wingman]

Very nice weejimmy, having seen these quite close up a few weeks ago your tyings are absolutely spot on proportions and everything else...but are you sure you have enuff there?