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GlassJet
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by GlassJet » Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:12 pm
Starling and Yellow by
GlassJet, on Flickr
Hook: Kamasan B981 #14. Silk: Pearsall's yellow, waxed. Hackle: Starling, part palmered. Rib: fine gold wire.
Thinking behind this no more that nicking the body of the Greenwell's Spider, which performed so consistently for me last season, but trying it with a different hackle. There is something that looks so 'alive' about the starling hackle, to my eye, as in the Stewart's - so thought I'd give it a go.
Andrew.
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by Niklas Dahlin » Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:40 pm
That looks really toxic Andrew, and a top notch picture to go with it...
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by letumgo » Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:11 pm
Lovely fly Andrew!
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by willowhead » Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:09 pm
Fish catcher for sure.
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by GlassJet » Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:35 pm
willowhead wrote:Fish catcher for sure.
And your marks out of ten for artistic merit?
Nope - don't answer that!
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by chase creek » Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:07 pm
Lovely - a very clean and crisp tie.
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by hankaye » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:21 pm
GlassJet, Howdy;
From tenitive babysteps about how to clean-up the eye to this... you ain't runnin' ... your racin' near the speed of sound
dyn-o-mite lookin' fly an cleanest eye in town to boot.
hank
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by tie2fish » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:49 am
You're on a roll now, Andrew. Using the Greenwell body with starling is a stroke of ... well, someone who has a really good feel for dressings that will kill.
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by William Anderson » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:54 am
Andrew, the body length on this seems to suit this color of silk much better. (insert emoticon here as not be misunderstood as making a rediculous comment.)
Nicely done as always.
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by GlassJet » Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:21 pm
William Anderson wrote:Andrew, the body length on this seems to suit this color of silk much better. (insert emoticon here as not be misunderstood as making a rediculous comment.)
w
William, is this the point where i really wind you up by using skype emoticons?
Nah, I wouldn't do that.... that would just be petty...
Andrew
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