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Old 11-11-2011, 08:34 PM
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Given my recent 'Bee in the bonnet' about Pike Fly fishing I thought I'd better tie up some freaks (sorry 'Pike flies').....

Agent Orange
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Perch
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Silver Roach
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Golden Rudd
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Satsuma Minkie
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Rita Hayworth
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whoops sorry.... another redhead
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all tied on 3/0 hooks with materials emptied out of the vacuum cleaner, ripped from a feather duster and found down the back of the settee
...any and all comments welcome
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very nice which one do you have most success on?
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:02 PM
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Very nice. I like the Perch and Golden Rudd.
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:31 PM
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Thank you for the comments lads

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very nice which one do you have most success on?
I've no idea chap I ain't give em a swim yet... soon I hope, once this pesky Cod obsession has run it's course. If I was a betting man I would back Agent Orange against the others
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Brilliant flies and an interesting thread tarted up with the Rita joke.
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Brilliant flies and an interesting thread tarted up with the Rita joke.
I thank you... she's an oldie but a goody
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I thank you... she's an oldie but a goody
Aye lol... I've been toying with attempting pike flies for some time now and I have to say it's posts like this which tiers like myself will take inspiration from. Thanks.
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Old 12-11-2011, 01:28 AM
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The only scary part is the amount of materials they use, I wasn't joking about the feather duster I bought 2 of these from the pound shop

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plus I bought a fair few hair extensions as mentioned in this thread

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In fact here I am modelling one of my recent purchases (I find the red matches my eyes)

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buy a few decent 3/0, 4/0 hooks and fill your boots (not literally that would be quite painful)
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Very nice. I like the Perch and the Rudd in particular.
I like the eyes - I always get epoxy all over mine and I never get them on straight
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Thank you Bill, they are fiddly (I've picked them up off the carpet more than once). I find the best thing is to get a small pair of pliers and flatten both sides of the head first then tack on the eyes prior to epoxying/Uv gooing with a dab of superglue
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