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Old 23-08-2011, 03:46 PM
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Off to the Clyde on Friday to see if I can crack the code of fish rising in those glassy calm knee deep pools.
Do you think this wee fellow might do the bizz?

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hook: TMC 103 BL 17
tails: splayed micro fibbets
thread: primrose 8/0
body: turkey biot
wing: 2 cdc feathers dyed beige.
bubbing: superfine dry fly dubbing in beige.
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That looks a cracking fly Maharg.

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Old 23-08-2011, 04:19 PM
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SBS!

I've been trying to do something like that, and failing miserably. That looks like it's worked beautifully.
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A SBS is a nightmare
Here is the sbs that I took my inspiration from

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I like everything... except the proportions. (BTW your primrose looks very green on my display.)
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I like everything... except the proportions. (BTW your primrose looks very green on my display.)
Dont know about the green, but, tails a touch long and wing a bit dense????

Still getting to be comfortable with CDC. Perhaps I have over egged the wing but had two many flies sink like a brick with a single plume.
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BTW I am a bit wary of using Bug Bond to coat dry flies. (A) I don't think it is necessary and I think an undercoat of SH is more effective and (B) it has a density of 1.1 i.e. it's heavy.
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Old 23-08-2011, 04:37 PM
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BTW I am a bit wary of using Bug Bond to coat dry flies. (A) I don't think it is necessary and I think an undercoat of SH is more effective and (B) it has a density of 1.1 i.e. it's heavy.
I used SH to protect the biot. Dont think I will bother buying the Bug Bond, not really needed for my tying.
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Old 23-08-2011, 04:50 PM
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Dont know about the green, but, tails a touch long and wing a bit dense????

Still getting to be comfortable with CDC. Perhaps I have over egged the wing but had two many flies sink like a brick with a single plume.
Yes on the tails. On the wing, not so much too dense as perhaps too big. I would also crop it tighter at the back. But that's just my opinion and it could well be wrong. I was looking at the same video yesterday. I kind of like the way Marc Petitjean does it with split thread etc:

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God he's got some tackle I bet in all those drawers. Thats a little belter maharg, would go down great on my river, big CDC duns up/down ere
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