Black and Claret Palmer

[Wee Jimmy]

The colours black and claret are always worth a swim on my regular fishing haunts.Inspired by a few of the regular tyers on here,I put this wee soft palmer together.




Hook: Hyabusa 751 black nickel.
Body: Dark claret seal.
Body Hackle: Claret Grizzle genetic hen.
Shoulder Hackles: Blood red badger hen with a natural black hen in front.
Tail: Red hackle fibres.
Rib: Copper wire.
Butt: Copper mylar

[g bigtrout]

Nice one jimmy....black and claret always been a big fav with me also.

[midlander]

A wee cracker Jim. Reminds me of a pattern from years ago called the Purple Helmet. It was an all cock job though. Christened so by one of the Hardy nutters, a Mr. Lee. Phillips. Did very well on Sweethope when we fished against the Alnwick lads.

Not a million miles away from the Fiery Claret Bumble either. Not sure about that copper butt.

[A. Fluker]

Lovely fly. One of these days I'll tye a head like that!

Thanks for showing

[shuggie]

that's a cracker Jimmy, just oozzing fish.

Derek

[tsm101]

Looks a spot on wee fly Jim.
Ive been messing about with claret lately, but i can never decide what rib to use, ie silver or gold.?
It wont make any difference i suppose, but i have noticed most of the older claret patterns seem to have a silver rib.?
Do you have a preference on what rib you use in claret flies?

Cheers Thorfinn

[troutheaven]

Originally Posted by tsm101

Looks a spot on wee fly Jim.
Ive been messing about with claret lately, but i can never decide what rib to use, ie silver or gold.?
It wont make any difference i suppose, but i have noticed most of the older claret patterns seem to have a silver rib.?
Do you have a preference on what rib you use in claret flies?

Cheers Thorfinn

Thorfinn,

I generally prefer gold ribs on claret patterns. However, claret is a poor light colour and silver is better than gold in poor light. Interesting one.

[Wee Jimmy]

Originally Posted by tsm101

Looks a spot on wee fly Jim.
Ive been messing about with claret lately, but i can never decide what rib to use, ie silver or gold.?
It wont make any difference i suppose, but i have noticed most of the older claret patterns seem to have a silver rib.?
Do you have a preference on what rib you use in claret flies?

Cheers Thorfinn

Of the two, I'd say gold seems to suit claret better than silver does but for my tastes I reckon copper looks better than both of them. As far as catching fish goes,I honestly could not say if one colour is better than the other. I guess silver provides a stronger contrast against a dark bodied fly so, there will be situations where this will either help or hinder us.....difficult to measure.

[silversedge]

Lovely tying Jimmy,for what its worth the copper does it for me

[THE ROOK]

nice one wee jimmy.


wilkie