First dabbler

[g bigtrout]

Just of the vice and my first ever go at one, too much mallard need black silk and just discovered my scissors aint as sharp as i thought. Any advice appreciated

Geordie.

[sweenytodd]

Nice looking beastie there G

Head colour , minor detail , wouldn't worry about that to much . As for the amount of Mallard you have used is fine IMO . The amount of winging on a Dabbler is subjective and all depends on how you want to fish the fly and when you want to fish it . All depends on the job you have in mind for it . Some days will call for skinnys and others for full cloaking .
Sometimes I tie 5 or so all with different amounts .......

Cheers

[hobble]

geordie great wrappings mate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[g bigtrout]

Originally Posted by sweenytodd

Nice looking beastie there G

Head colour , minor detail , wouldn't worry about that to much . As for the amount of Mallard you have used is fine IMO . The amount of winging on a Dabbler is subjective and all depends on how you want to fish the fly and when you want to fish it . All depends on the job you have in mind for it . Some days will call for skinnys and others for full cloaking .
Sometimes I tie 5 or so all with different amounts .......

Cheers

Aye like a bit of meat on my flies when doing surface work so ill do some more like this one then have a go at thinner ones later.

Cheers Danny...back to the vice.

[The Bear]

There's nothing wrong with that Dabbler Geordie

[sweenytodd]

Originally Posted by g bigtrout

Aye like a bit of meat on my flies when doing surface work so ill do some more like this one then have a go at thinner ones later.

Cheers Danny...back to the vice.

There you go , you have tied the fly for what you like and what you see your needs are
I am not a big fan of fully cloaked , why go to the trouble of doing a nice body that would appeal to the fish only to go and hide the underneath view ( fishes eye view ) by smothering it with half a duck You can still have a heavily dressed fly without doing this IMO , but then what would I know
As I said each to there own on this one and you can see just by looking at the dabblers posted on here how much they vary .

Cheers

[oakham orange]

Cracker geordie,

A will find out that it is definate fish catcher on Lough Erne & Lough Melvin

A sharpe pair of scissors is vital for tying dabblers especially when it comes to the head of the fly

[g bigtrout]

Originally Posted by oakham orange

Cracker geordie,

A will find out that it is definate fish catcher on Lough Erne & Lough Melvin

A sharpe pair of scissors is vital for tying dabblers especially when it comes to the head of the fly

Yes m8...mite have to put these on hold till i get a new pair.

[dabhoy]

looks good to me Geordie
You could use a waterproof marker to colour the thread and then varnish

[silversedge]

Very nice Geordie.