Magpie and Starling

[Izaak]

DSCN3627 by flympher, on Flickr
Hook: TMC 206BL, size 14
Thread: Uni-thread black 8/0
Hackle: Starling
Rib: extra small green wire
Body: Magpie tail fibers wound around shank

[Izaak]

thorax is a bit NONEXISTANT!

[Izaak]

oops....nonexistEnt

[chase creek]

Lovely fly. The green ribbing accents it very well.
(Doesn't your wife wonder why the veggies all have holes in them?? )

[Izaak]

She has noticed!

[Izaak]

OK, I ran out of magpie barbs and the thorax looks a little funky. What would you do?

[hankaye]

Izaak, Howdy;

Got crow ?????

hank

[Izaak]

Hankaye,

Fresh out of crow wouldn't you know! The problem is that the magpie barbs I was wrapping around the hook shank weren't long enough to reach any closer to the eye. I probably should have dubbed the area between the barb tie down spot and the hackle to cover up the thread wraps and make more of a pronounced thorax on this fly. If the magpie tail barbs had been long enough to reach just short of the eye the fly may have turned out better.

[hankaye]

Izaak, Howdy;

Hate it when i run outta crow .....

Could always re-name it 'pause for effect' ???

hank

[willowhead]

Izaak, get over it..............it has been said, "we don't need no stinkin' badges." ........................you dig? Frickin' "TREASURE" OF A FLY!