First fly tying post from me on this forum, so I figured I'd start with an american pattern (I'm Norwegian).
It's a slight variation from the colour pattern I saw tied on the Skagit Master II. Anyway, I have faith in this one. I'd be happy to take all your feedback on my tying, as I'm always striving to become a better tyer.
I see no problems with this tie...the opposite in fact, it is awesome,nice work!! I'd fish that one with confidence,and the steel in my neck of the woods would crush it.
I see no problems with this tie...the opposite in fact, it is awesome,nice work!! I'd fish that one with confidence,and the steel in my neck of the woods would crush it.
Here's a material list, and a couple of explanations to tying it:
Butt: burnt orange diamond brite dubbing. Spun in dubbing loop, and roughed up with velcro. Make a nice ball as support for the ostrich tail.
Tail: natural gray ostrich
Body: gold flatbraid
Thorax: 50/50 mixture of hot orange and burnt orange diamond brite in dubbing loop. In the same loop, orange fox is added. Spin and wrap in a manner where the dubbing is stroked back and making a nice supportbase for the fox-hair.
Front hackle: natural gray ostrich, small plume wrapped as hackle (I purchased a dust wipe which had a nice price, and even nicer feathers in great abundance. feathers were better than any i had gotten from fly-tying suppliers:Eyecrazy.
Eyes: gold dumbbells
Head: Salar SS dubbing in "nasty rusty", spun in loop and torn out with velcro.
wing/shellback: a buch of long natural gray ostrich and two whiting bugger pack hackles in olive/grizzly.
I'll try to post pic's of some other colour combinations i've made. I know these are originally steelhead patterns, and that there are absolutely no steelhead on my side of the planet, but I intend to see if there are any takers among the atlantic salmon and seatrouts.
As promised, a couple other colour schemes. I wouldn't call them technically perfect ties, rather they were my "practise" specimens testing out materials, colours and my own abilities.
I have gotten quite a lot of inspiration from this forum, and I'd like to try something other than the usual Frödin/Norling Templedog tubes which seem to be the more or less unconcious choice for salmon these days over here. I hope to be able to give back a little for what I have gained
A really nice looking batch of flies. I bet they swim beautifully! I especially like that chartreuse/black color combination; it has taken a lot of striped and smallmouth bass for me in dirty/murky water conditions. I would be interested to know how it does on your Norwegian salmon.
I don't fish a bunch of intruders, but what I find attractive about good ones is the same thing I find attractive about a good hares ear tied with dubbing you shaved yourself. Bugginess. A fish will not wonder if it's a piece of algae that broke loose, or a twig, or a piece of bark. Whatever it is, it's worth taking a nip at, and in fact may turn out to be their new favorite snack!
Your first one, with the more subdued natural colors is like a steelhead hares ear! The others may be more visible under different conditions. They're all good!
Its addictive isn't it. Very nice intruders and I like the fact you don't cut back the hackle tips like the original SH intruder.
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