Muddler madness

[midlander]

After seeing scratch bung up some Muddlers I thought I'd better post a few that have done well for me this season...



Top one.
Olive Muddler

Hook: Size 8 wet.
Body: Medium olive Seal.
Rib: Small UTC wire, chartreuse.
Body Hackle: Medium brown dun Hen dyed medium olive.
Shoulder Hackle: Teal flank dyed medium green olive.
Head: Olive Deer hair.

Good for surface cruising Damsel nymph feeders.

Bottom one.
Fiery Brown Muddler

Hook: Size 10-12 wet.
Body: Fiery Brown Seal.
Rib: Small/fine oval gold.
Body Hackle: Brown Hen.
Wing: Hen Pheasant secondary.
Head: Fiery brown Deer hair.

Sedgey pattern.




Top one.
Crimson Muddler.

Hook: 10-12 wet.
Body: Dark Crimson/claret Seal mix.
Rib: Small/fine oval gold.
Body Hackle: Brown Hen.
Wing: Woodcock secondary.
Head: Fiery brown Deer.

Good late afternoon/evening bob in a wave. Got a fair bit of interest on Watten recently.

Middle one.
Picricy Muddler.

Hook:10-12 wet.
Body: Golden olive Seal.
Rib: Small/fine oval gold.
Body Hackle: Brown Hen.
Wing: Hen Pheasant dyed ginger.
Head: Picric yellow dyed Deer hair. IE, Sun yellow+charteuse.

Haven't really fished this much yet but it got some interest when the fish were taking Damsels nymphs off the top.

Bottom one, err.. Dabbler. Some of you may have seen these before in P.Ms.

[A. Fluker]

Nice ties. Love the Picricy one and the head on the Dabbler looks as if it has been fused.

Cheers

[The Bear]

Nice flies Alex

[Scratch]

Chaotic and 'airy'.... delicious work mate

[Wee Jimmy]

Aye they're no bad.........only joking mate...

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by Wee Jimmy

Aye they're no bad.........only joking mate...

You can keep yer nose out for starters... this place is for amateurs.

[cowie]

Lovely flies,how do you get the heads with no hair underneath?
would it be as if you were tying something along the lines of an elk hair caddis type,if that makes sense, in other words just lay the hair on top of the hook rather than spin it,or have I picked the pics up wrong and the underside is shaved very close.

[midlander]

Originally Posted by cowie

would it be as if you were tying something along the lines of an elk hair caddis type,if that makes sense, in other words just lay the hair on top of the hook rather than spin it....

Exactly that Cowie. Think D.H.S or E.H.C. With smaller hooks there's no advantage to masking the gape so just tie it on top/sides and leave the underside free. You still get the same bulge and wake in the surface.

[cowie]

Great,i've been away from the scene for quite some time so some of these techniques I wasn't too clued up on,am trying to source a better camera as even with macro settings it isn't sharp enough, so I can post up some of my flies for comment etc.

Those look really good.