My first winged fly. The Jock Scott.

[s fontinalis]

A little while back i set myself a target of Christmas Day to tie a Jock Scott.
I guess i got a little adventurous since i started tying again this year and wanted to punish myself.

I got all the materials together in the last few weeks, and realized mid tie that i'd forgotten one or two. I was basing my material on various sources for the pattern as well as finding good and cost effective subs for the more exotic and expensive materials.
All in all i spent in the range of $150 gathering the required materials, including a donation of JC eyes from a pal.

So enough waffle. Here is the finished product. I tied it based on a tutorial on another forum.
4 pics, the half way point before the wing tie in.

Right side

Left side

Front


Couple things to point out.
The hook is way to big (3/0). I only discovered this after making the wings. The wings are a good size, at least 1.5", so smaller hooks, probably size 1/0 will be the way forward. The barb length oversight was a rookie mistake. I chose goose because the colors were more vivid. I can still use goose on smaller hooks, and get some turkey for the 3/0 hooks. I basically ordered the hooks 3/0 because i wanted to make sure i didnt run out of space for the wings.

I really tried for a while to get the barbs not to splay on the tail. My last thought was to cut the splayed barbs, but i just let them be. I didnt want to ruin it right at the start. Feedback from another forum has pointed out a way to prevent the splaying, so i'll employ that tactic in the next tie

The indian crow sub was tied in too long, and so i cut it. Future will have the length see here without cutting.
I didnt have the correct shoulder material, but its hardly noticeable.

Marrying the wings was not as painful as i first thought it would be. Finding the fibers in matching lenghts took the most time.
The underwing (white tipped turkey) was tied in to match the shank length, before i realized the wings would be too short. In future the underwing will be matching the wing length.


Over all i like how it turned out for the first ever married wing fly i've tied, including wets. I have the taste for it now, as well as the materials to practice on smaller hooks
Looking forward to learning more and more.

Comments and suggestions welcome. Don't hold back on criticism, constructive or otherwise.

Eunan

[thedeadskunk]

Nice fly.
A tip: Wet your Golden pheasant topping(TAIL) and place it around a small glass or jar of the appropriate diameter that once dry will place a set in it which will bring the topping up to join the wing i.e make the curve in the topping more pronounced.
Nice fly though.

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by thedeadskunk

Nice fly.
A tip: Wet your Golden pheasant topping(TAIL) and place it around a small glass or jar of the appropriate diameter that once dry will place a set in it which will bring the topping up to join the wing i.e make the curve in the topping more pronounced.
Nice fly though.

Or... place it on your lamp, for a speedy set. Funnel shaped lamp shades will give you a range of diameters too

A fine effort, Eunan. Looks like it's been fished already but I'm sure you'll sort that out with the next one or two. Good on you for giving it a go.

[s fontinalis]

Thanks for the feedback guys, i got tons more info i can use also from other forums.
I'm basically trying to better my skills and knowledge so i thought starting with one of the most technical flies would let me see what i can and cant do well.

All feedback will be pumped into JS2.0, hopefully this weekend.
Watch this space.