A couple of hogs

[midlander]

After the success of the Grey Monkey Dabbler this summer in Orkney I thought a hog and half hog might be worth a shot..

Grey Monkey Hog.

Hook: Hayabusa 373, 10-12.
Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0, yellow.
Body: Rear half, yellow SF with a pinch of light olive SF. Front half, silver grey SF.
Wing: Mix of dark chocolate and fiery brown roe.
Head: Dark brown mink guard hair.

Half hog as above but with cree cock palmer and Lagartun fine oval gold rib, dressed on a Yorkshire Sedge hook.

[dabhoy]

I really like the one on the sedge hook and think the palmer may just add that little more to it instead of just the scrubbed up sf.
Good to see some flies from you again Alex and hope theres more in the offing.

[Chelsea123]

Nice looking flies those,especially the half hog

Neil

[A. Fluker]

Great stuff as always.

[savage take]

nice hog's. is that the orkney box started then Alex.

[midlander]

Originally Posted by dabhoy

I really like the one on the sedge hook and think the palmer may just add that little more to it instead of just the scrubbed up sf.
Good to see some flies from you again Alex and hope theres more in the offing.

Aye well, maybe. To be honest, I culled the boxes before the season just past as I had too many flies doing the same job. The last thing I intend to do is start making stuff for the sake of it.

Originally Posted by savage take

nice hog's. is that the orkney box started then Alex.

Aye, and just about finished too. Maybe something wee for the caenis.

Here's a wee Kate variant you might like. That and the Grey Monkey Dabbler did the lions share of the damage for me during the day on every loch last year..

[savage take]

Originally Posted by midlander

Aye well, maybe. To be honest, I culled the boxes before the season just past as I had too many flies doing the same job. The last thing I intend to do is start making stuff for the sake of it.



Aye, and just about finished too. Maybe something wee for the caenis.

Here's a wee Kate variant you might like. That and the Grey Monkey Dabbler did the lions share of the damage for me during the day on every loch last year..

i know jimmy said that the kate was his best last time. i found the woi peach out fished the kate. maybe a confidence thing.

[dabhoy]

I can certainly see those doing the business Alex.
What colour is the deer hair on it as it almost looks like WOI but I know that you wouldn't agree with that colour

[midlander]

Originally Posted by savage take

i know jimmy said that the kate was his best last time. i found the woi peach out fished the kate. maybe a confidence thing.

Yep, everyone had a Kate of one type or another on the cast most of the time. I had that one as it's a wee bit peachy, Jim had a standard, muddler or green tailed and Stewarty had a skinny or a gold lite-brite head one. It did make us wonder why we'd tied all the Orkney specials up. We were just lucky that week I suppose.

Originally Posted by dabhoy

I can certainly see those doing the business Alex.
What colour is the deer hair on it as it almost looks like WOI but I know that you wouldn't agree with that colour

We'll call it ginger, although it was originally dyed fiery brown but lightens up at the roots. WOI? Dunno what you're getting at mate.