Woven Mayfly

[1973dereks]

I was going through my dry Mayfly box and decided I needed something a bit different (well for me anyway) had a sit down at the vice and came up with this....





The weave is a bit rough but more than happy with the way it turned out.

all the best

[stuartpengs]

That is quality Derek!

[mancfly]

Superb tying, and great imitation!

[benlikestofish]

Hi Derek,

Very nice proportions, and that weave works very well as an imitation of the mayfly markings.

It looks as if the detached body is tied on a separate hook shank which is then lashed to the other hook? This is a technique I've seen used in Mayfly Art Flies, but I always thought it wouldn't be buoyant enough as a fishing fly. Can you keep us updated how you get on with it?

My final question is the perpendicular eye on the hook, what is the theory behind it?

[sweenytodd]

Now that's a proper fly !!!!

[g bigtrout]

Nice bit of work there Derek...well done.

[sabalos]

like it, would not have the patience to tie it though.

cheers , dave

[large]

dont know if it was your main intention but it looks very realistic

[dexfab77]

Very nice Derek, have you got one of those for me

[1973dereks]

Originally Posted by benlikestofish

Hi Derek,

Very nice proportions, and that weave works very well as an imitation of the mayfly markings.

It looks as if the detached body is tied on a separate hook shank which is then lashed to the other hook? This is a technique I've seen used in Mayfly Art Flies, but I always thought it wouldn't be buoyant enough as a fishing fly. Can you keep us updated how you get on with it?

My final question is the perpendicular eye on the hook, what is the theory behind it?

Hi Ben,

The hook is an a Partridge K10 Yorkshire Fly body hook. It's essentially a continuous length of wire from the point to where the abdomen ends which explains the looped eye and what looks like a seperate hook shank dressed and then attached. I tried it last night in a fly cube to see how it'd float and after I applied some gink to the abdomen it floated pretty well and gave a good profile from underneath, I'd say what helped is that the gauge of the wire used in the hook looks and feels pretty light.

I would like to know myself how it'll behave in a wave. Can't wait to give it a go.

Derek

Thanks everyone for the positive comments, much appreciated