Fox & Quail Flymph

[tie2fish]

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

[letumgo]

Inspiring...

[DOUGSDEN]

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!
Keep'm coming,
Doug

[Old Hat]

Boy, if that doesn't look alive....

[William Anderson]

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.

w

[chase creek]

Beautiful tie, Bill. The Quail accents all the rest just right.

[Kelly L.]

I really like this one. I think the fish will too.

[gingerdun]

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.

Lance

[tie2fish]

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.

[Dwclapp]

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.

Darin