Fox & Quail Flymph

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Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by tie2fish » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:00 pm

Hook: Vintage Mustad 4707, Size #12
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer #19, Hot Orange
Hackle: From breast of Gambel's Quail
Tail: Golden Pheasant tippets
Body: Brush of red fox fur and doubled Hot Orange Gossamer silk spun on Clark's block

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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by letumgo » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:04 pm

Inspiring... ;)
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by DOUGSDEN » Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:02 pm

Bill,
This is way too cool! What a great pattern! Gambels quail is becoming quite the bird and rightly so! There is alot of different feather variations on just one bird. Amazing!
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by Old Hat » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:31 pm

Boy, if that doesn't look alive....
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by William Anderson » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:34 pm

Bill, this is a nice one. I like to use fox, although I don't often put it to use. Did you chop the length of the staple for use on the Clark's block or just use such a sparse amount that you ended with this result. It's a nice effect, especially with the beacons of contrast on the ends of the hackle and the tippet. This should really dance.

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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by chase creek » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:00 pm

Beautiful tie, Bill. The Quail accents all the rest just right.
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by Kelly L. » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:01 pm

I really like this one. I think the fish will too.
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by gingerdun » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:25 am

Bill,
If anyone asks whether fly tying is an art or a craft, this proves it is an art—one aimed to please both fish and angler.
Employing those black tips from two different birds is genius.

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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by tie2fish » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:32 am

Thanks all. William: the red fox fur was cut from a patch, chopped up with scissors into lengths of approximately 1/4", and mixed, originally for use in a dropped loop. I had some of it left in a little plastic bag and one day when I was making up cards of various brushes on a block, I used it up.
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Re: Fox & Quail Flymph

Post by Dwclapp » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:01 pm

Did you remove the grayish underfur prior to chopping or did it all get mixed together? Love the look, think im going to have to duplicate.

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