As I picked the sooty olive dabbler for the Irish fly swap I've been messing about myself but didn't post. However, spurred on by WF and NCA's lovely looking morsels I've got my erse in to gear with the camera.
A trad sooty but with dark grey dun cock hackle dyed sun yellow, not unlike iron blue dun dyed in picric and brown dyed olive..
Hook: Hayabusa 373 #10-12.
Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0, olive dun.
Tail: Cock pheasant dyed olive.
Body: Seals fur, sooty olive, med olive, fiery brown mix.
Rib: Oval gold, medium.
Hackles: Cock hackles, dark grey dun dyed sun yellow, brown dyed medium olive. Both stripped down one side, wound bumble style.
Wing: Bronze mallard, clocked 4/5ths.
Cheeks: JC splits.
Another top dropper one with a light brown mallard wing with a few strands of chartreuse silver mallard on the leading edge as I sometimes think the yellow or insect green leading edge of a lake olive wing can be a trigger point..
Hook: Hayabusa 373 #10-12.
Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0, olive dun.
Tail: Bronze mallard dyed brown olive.
Body: Seals fur, sooty olive, med olive, fiery brown mix.
Rib: Oval gold, medium.
Hackles: Cock hackles, dark grey dun dyed sun yellow, brown dyed medium olive. Both stripped down one side, wound bumble style.
Wing: Light brown mallard, clocked 2/3rds with a few strands of silver mallard dyed chartreuse .
Cheeks: JC splits dyed chartreuse.
And the little skinny middle dropper version that I've entered in the swap, tied with hen..
Hook: Hayabusa 373 #12-14.
Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0, light olive.
Tail: Bronze mallard dyed brown olive.
Body: Seals fur, sooty olive, med olive, fiery brown mix.
Rib: Oval gold, small.
Hackles: Hen hackle, dark grey dun dyed sun yellow stripped down one side.
Wing: Light brown mallard, clocked 2/3rds with a few strands of henny cock dyed chartreuse .
Cheeks: JC splits dyed chartreuse.
Roll on next April.
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