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Gerrit Viljoen
28-11-07, 02:39 PM
Hi,
Can someone give some advice wrt what I can tie with this awsome material?
I've got a few feathers lying around and have no clue as to what to tie.
Thanx a mil
G
Ps.I got stuck at a gilled nymph and a caddis larvae,any other perhaps?
Ive used it for the body material on whooly bugers:D You get it in lots of colours and its cheap.
... a feather duster fly. :D
Ive used it for the body material on whooly bugers:D
Are those loud and raucous woolly buggers?
Some dry files
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Red Tag
Griffith Gnat
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Adams
Royal Wulf
KlinkHammer
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and thats just a few I also thing for most dry flyes it will work well
noweeds
28-11-07, 03:06 PM
Not to sure about ostrich herl but i've got a few patterns that use chicken vomit!!
Nymph+O-
28-11-07, 03:27 PM
It makes great gills on MF nymphs when tied in parallel below the shank of the hook, take the rib over it for improved strength. Same goes for super realistic Hydropsyche larva tied with stretchy nymph skin - tie in a strand or 3 + mono rib at the bend, wrap nymph skin forward to get segmented body fold hearl forward and wrap rib over the lot.
You can also strip the strand with an eraser and use the bare stems for nymph bodies (I do prefer Peacock Herl for this though)
Gerrit Viljoen
28-11-07, 04:52 PM
Ok doki will try some of the suggested imitations,
Nymph+O,
I've seen many larvae patterns like the one ur mentioning,never tried it because how do u do it without letting the herl stick out on top of the shank?
chris williams
28-11-07, 05:29 PM
Perhaps the easiest and most useful general fly would be the Chomper. This was the creation of my old mentor Dick Walker in the UK who was a real outta the box type guy. He held the UK record carp 44 lb for many years, Clarissa was her name and she was in the London Zoo aquarium - I visited there many times as a little kid, this thing was about as big as me!
The Chomper can be tied in various colours to imitate various insects/bugs - the basic recipy as follows, you can get trewndy and add eyes etc:
They can have underbody of lead for weight/bulk:
Corixid - white ostrich herl wrapped palmer-style to head - back of brown raffene/phoeasant tail
Shrimp and Caddis pupae - whatever colour body/back to suit as per above
with Raffene/raffia back to suit
Beetle - brown or black to suit
A great and versatile fly and so so easy to tie, only taking a coupla minutes
Great too for yellows with suitable lead for shrimp/scud/caddis pupae-larvae imitations
muddler
29-11-07, 11:59 AM
If you wrap nymph abdomens with larva lace or similar, do it in turns that don't quite touch it other. Then wrap the ostrich herl in-between the larva lace wraps. This protects the delicate herl & makes for quite a cool 'gill-type' effect.
If you smear ostrich herl (lightly) with flexament it gives remarkably realistic legs. Bit fragile though.
I've used it for woolly bugger tails - not a patch on marabou in my view.
If you wrap nymph abdomens with larva lace or similar, do it in turns that don't quite touch it other. Then wrap the ostrich herl in-between the larva lace wraps. This protects the delicate herl & makes for quite a cool 'gill-type' effect.
If you smear ostrich herl (lightly) with flexament it gives remarkably realistic legs. Bit fragile though.
I've used it for woolly bugger tails - not a patch on marabou in my view.
Interresting comment on the Flexament, didn't think of that.
You can wrap it for buggy thoraces.
Glass bead shrimp pattern using PH is also effective.
The only real drawback to Ostrich Herl is that:
1) It's very fragile, especially in thinner diameters
2) Though it's very fluffy and lovely when dry, once it's been wet it loses some of that great look & action.
Mini buggers are very good with ostrich herl. #12 to 18.
You can buy them at some embroidery shops in about 10 different colors.
I also tie a Vaal shrimp with it.
1 scud hook #10 to 14.
tail, grizzly barbs.
ribbing material, normally a embroidery thread with some silver flash. Not the threads with pieces of flash sticking out at right angles. A nice smoothish thread.
tie in one long white ostrich herl at bend of hook
white dubbing with a bit of sparkle for the body
Palmer the ostrich herl the length of the body over the dubbed body.
These becomes the legs. Tie of at the head.
Tie in back, Clear plastic or czech nymph back material, fold backwards, make sure the herl is folded down, tie off back material, at tail with ribbing material.
Bring ribbing forward and tie of at the hook of the eye.
I sometimes weight the fly lightly.
Very effective in shallow riffles for yellows, or along the hyacints lining the edges. Held still in a current the fly has lots of action with the scud hook and the tail being around the bend of the hook.
Takes are normally very agressive, as these critters are very good swimmers.
Korrie
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