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Old 09-11-2009, 11:54 AM
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I got a freebie selection of flies with my last online order, but they came with no indication as what they might be. I can tell the diff between wets, drys, nymphs etc, but that's as far as it goes. Can any kind soul enlighten me?

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diawl bach variant, /nymph,
Greenwell glory? /dry
Mallard and green? /Wet
CDC /emerger
Teal and black /wet
Alexander /wet/mini lure
goldhead buzzer /nymph
pheasant tail variant /nymph
Blae and red ? /wet fly
goats toe variant / wet fly

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Sad to say but they are pretty bad.
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1 is a diawl bach 2 could be a dry whickams 3 a lure 4 shuttlecock5 looks like a peter ross .
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1 alexandra 2 hotspot buzzer 3 a type of walkers nymph 4-5 unknown wetflies.

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Old 09-11-2009, 03:18 PM
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As Jim says they are all a bit rough
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The Alexandra isn't bad, but the rest are p*ss poor. No wonder they were free !!
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what a brilliant incentive to tie your own... its hard to be that bad!
Who is responsible for those?
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I would hope a beginner could tie flies better than those they're probably some sh1t made in some sweat shop in India.

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Send them back!
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As the others have said, not very good, but I have seen worse on sale, a lot worse.
The second last one is a Red Spinner (wet) by the way.
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Cheers chaps, well they were free (selectafly by the way).

What is it that marks them out as being particularly bad at first glance? How can I tell a good quality fly when I see one?
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