Butchers Spider ??

[Englander]

Hi Guys

I was tying up a few Butchers the other day and it struck me a nice combination for a spider pattern, similar to the leven spider which has proved so deadly

Anyway im very pleased with them on B175 size 12 although i shall drop down on the size 14's.

Dont know if this pattern has a name or not but Butchers spider will do me cant wait to try the out.

[breezey]

can see them catching, very nice flies

[Brit in a Bothy]

They look good enough to eat LOL. Have you been at the rook hackles again ?

Nigel

[shpeil]

Think there was a thread on here a few weeks back where it was decided that pattern was called the Priest. Certainly, I have a few in my box from 20 years ago, and my first outing as a fly fisher.

As you can imagine, putting "priest" into the forum search function to find the thread in question isn't exactly fruitful...

[maharg]

The priest spider was one of the stages that I was taken theough when I started tying flies. As said it was a silver butcher without a wing. Once this was mastered we moved on to putting on the wing. Mallard blues are not the easiest of feathers to work with though.
P.S. nice spiders that you have shown.

[scratchmaboaby]

Nice fly and one i will attempt to copy' i have a feeling this will do well on both river and stillwater.

[Mrtrout]

Originally Posted by Englander

Hi Guys

I was tying up a few Butchers the other day and it struck me a nice combination for a spider pattern, similar to the leven spider which has proved so deadly

Anyway im very pleased with them on B175 size 12 although i shall drop down on the size 14's.

Dont know if this pattern has a name or not but Butchers spider will do me cant wait to try the out.

My mate 'flyfishwithme' showed me an old grayling spider pattern titled 'The Priest' today which is similar and older:


But you have reinvented it beautifully.

[Englander]

Hi Guys

#ugger ! looks like ive re invented the wheel

However ............My priest variation "Butchers spider"

Hook: B175 size 12

Thread: Black

Rib: Fine silver wire

Body: large opal mirage (give a greeny/beetle sheen)

Tail: Red wool (sparse)

Hackle: You guessed it ..................Rook

[bbj]

Originally Posted by shpeil

Think there was a thread on here a few weeks back where it was decided that pattern was called the Priest. Certainly, I have a few in my box from 20 years ago, and my first outing as a fly fisher.

As you can imagine, putting "priest" into the forum search function to find the thread in question isn't exactly fruitful...

I regularly use a GREEN priest early season
Basically green lurex on wet varnised thread and a longish black hen hackle.
Simple but effective

[paramedicpete]

Good one for the beginners to tye get some of the wee miracle nymphs tied up for the roach

Pete