That is delicious!
That is delicious!
Is that Pinocchio holding the fly?Sorry for the photography - heat's out in my shop, so I'm tying at a temporary desk in the house.
A free hand craw
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The eyes are little metal bells that should rattle nicely when bounced.
Tungsten bead at tail.
Love the effect of the blue mallard feather.![]()
Butcher
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Originally Ibis, few strands of red dyed Goose work well.
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire
Body - Silver tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - Slips of blue wing feathers from a mallard wing
oh, and lighting isn't the greatest....One more steelhead stripper. Man, I feel like the camera on my phone just isn't quite as good as it used to be.. ...well, my background and lack of tripod sucks too...View attachment 50829
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Finally a use for the tiny beads I bought.
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An attempt at a ghost shrimp that can be thrown on a 3wt.
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Seems to be enough resin to keep the hook up when dropped in a cup of water.
Back in the day I would have trolled those at the fad buoys for aku...