BLACK DB.

[savage take]

[silversedge]

Killer,Andrew,nice one

[arkle]

One of the best patterns for Blagdon & on several anglers secret lists ! Rather than add weight to it, they use different gauge hooks, anything from a b170 through the 400 series to a b175.

[mot]

A black diawl bach, with a narrow red/green holo rib has been my most productive fly since I started tying my own. Nice example ST

Cheers
Tom

[scubacrazy123]

That looks great.
Whenever I tie up DBs they are not as sparse as that. Am I doing it wrong?,or is it specifically sparse for where you fish it?
Forgive the ignorance, I'm still new to this tying addiction !!

Cheers,
Gary.

[Charliea1234]

DB's and most nymphs, in my opinion, should be as slim and sparse as possible. I use one peacock herl and even then sometimes give it a haircut.

There aren't many fat nymphs swimming about

Nice tie, as usual.

Charlie

[scubacrazy123]

Originally Posted by Charliea1234

DB's and most nymphs, in my opinion, should be as slim and sparse as possible. I use one peacock herl and even then sometimes give it a haircut.

There aren't many fat nymphs swimming about

Nice tie, as usual.

Charlie

A good point.
Maybe as a beginner I am too generous with some of my materials.
I think it is about time I put up pics of some of my paltry efforts for critique !!
(Having said that my attempts do catch fish, maybe just not as many as I could be catching.)

[arkle]

The slimmer the better, at least as far as Chew & Blagdon are concerned. For the most effective version, many of our local guys use black dyed peacock with a thinner tinsel.