Golden Olive Dabbler
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Golden Olive Dabbler
Another Irish classic, and I feel safe posting this here, there is no way this fly is winged, nope, not one bit of it!
Golden Olive Dabbler by GlassJet, on Flickr
Hook: #10 wet fly. Tying thread: crimson. Tail: 8 cock pheasant centre tail barbs. Rib: Oval gold. Dubbing: Golden olive seal's fur, with a touch of yellow and a touch of green. Body hackle: Red phoenix soft feather cock. Hackle: Red phoenix soft feather cock. Wing: bronze mallard flank, tied flat and allowed to cloak the body.
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Golden Olive Dabbler by GlassJet, on Flickr
Hook: #10 wet fly. Tying thread: crimson. Tail: 8 cock pheasant centre tail barbs. Rib: Oval gold. Dubbing: Golden olive seal's fur, with a touch of yellow and a touch of green. Body hackle: Red phoenix soft feather cock. Hackle: Red phoenix soft feather cock. Wing: bronze mallard flank, tied flat and allowed to cloak the body.
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Re: Golden Olive Dabbler
Good lookin' bug ... busy lookin', but should make a tasty snack.
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Very nice, Andrew! Love the look of the Dabbler style flies.
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VERY nice looking fly. Made it the background on my "puter at work.
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Re: Golden Olive Dabbler
They are great fun these Irish designs, aren't they? I was just saying to someone, you really feel like you are *dressing* them, rather than merely tying them. Like a butler, getting them ready for a good night out or something!letumgo wrote:Very nice, Andrew! Love the look of the Dabbler style flies.
Mind you, I am beginning to struggle to see where the bumble ends and the dabbler begins, I must admit!
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Chase Creek, that is so cool!
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Nice effort Glassjet, you must have drunk too much whiskey when u were over here.
I would tend towards a slightly shorter body hackle this will allow cloaked wing to sit better, and a slighly longer, ( ahem ) wing - the profile of yours is tending more towards a bumble than a dabbler. Mind you I would have no qualms in fishing your version.
There are a couple of methods of tying these , as in fully cloaked where the wing is even around the hook, another where the top section is closer to a full mallard wing. The way its tied will decide which position on the leader it operates best.
Fully cloaked version - top dropper.
Playing at the vice with irish wets is very enjoyable, they are some of the most colourful wets u are ever likely to come accross - mind , the more sombre ones are still the best.
I would tend towards a slightly shorter body hackle this will allow cloaked wing to sit better, and a slighly longer, ( ahem ) wing - the profile of yours is tending more towards a bumble than a dabbler. Mind you I would have no qualms in fishing your version.
There are a couple of methods of tying these , as in fully cloaked where the wing is even around the hook, another where the top section is closer to a full mallard wing. The way its tied will decide which position on the leader it operates best.
Fully cloaked version - top dropper.
Playing at the vice with irish wets is very enjoyable, they are some of the most colourful wets u are ever likely to come accross - mind , the more sombre ones are still the best.
Re: Golden Olive Dabbler
You can do that? Must try harder next time...Otter wrote: you must have drunk too much whiskey when u were over here.
Right, that's sorted the difference out between the two, was struggling with that one.I would tend towards a slightly shorter body hackle this will allow cloaked wing to sit better, and a slighly longer, ( ahem ) wing - the profile of yours is tending more towards a bumble than a dabbler.
Going to have a go at a few from Peter O Reilley's 'Flies of Ireland' next....
Thanks for the feedback Otter, appreciated.
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Great couple of flies and a great post. Every time I settle in here I learn something new. Love it!
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