Iron Blue Dun

Post by **William Anderson** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:45 am

Iron Blue Dun - for Nemes swap.

Daiichi 1550
Claret silk
natural mole
starling.

Post by **William Anderson** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:47 am

Here's another, without using the silk and mole rib. Still similar.

IBF 15 Iron Blue Dun - William Anderson 2.JPG

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Post by **michaelgmcgraw** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:31 am

Both of them are very nice

Post by **willowhead** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:45 am

William, that'll KILL 'em before AND durin' an Isonycia (Slate Drake) hatch.....

Post by **letumgo** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:56 am

Wow, you even captured the iridescence of the starling hackle in the second photo. Wonderful stuff.

Post by **tie2fish** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:36 pm

Really beautiful dressings, Ray, and your pictures are great as well. Obviously their stay in the garage didn't hurt your photo equipment any nor did time dull your skills using them.

Post by **Roadkill** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:01 pm

Great flies!!

Post by **CreationBear** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:09 pm

Ah, another one goes in the bookmarks.

A couple of questions for you, though: 1.) what are you using for tailing material, and 2.) are you palmering the starling in a typical soft-hackle method, or are you wrapping it around the thread the "Stewart" way?

Post by **William Anderson** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:57 pm

tie2fish wrote:Really beautiful dressings, Ray, and your pictures are great as well. Obviously their stay in the garage didn't hurt your photo equipment any nor did time dull your skills using them.

Thanks, Bob, I appreciate the kind words.

CB, I actually explained in some detail the tying method used for the first fly for Hank in the Nemes Swap 15a section in the Cabin, where I posted this as my swap fly. With Starling, I usually end up doing a fudged thorax tie, which actually comes out looking mostly like a standard collar hackle. I do lay out a pinch of thorax and add a touch of dubbing to the silk before winding the hackle back to the thorax, wishing for a more flymph like thorax tie, with some space between the hackles, but in actuality I really only get a decent looking "thickened" effect, rather than a real flymphy effect. No, I haven't used the Stewart method in a while. It's interesting, but not my preference. oh yeah, the tailing is a light dun hen fiber. I know some recipes call for a white tailing, but it just seems too garish, so I dulled it down a bit. Hope no one minds.

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Post by **Old Hat** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:50 pm

They're both exquisite examples. I love the effect in the first one.

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