Poult Grouse & Hares Ear

[tie2fish]

Hook: Daiichi 1260, #16
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, Jasper
Hackle: Upper covert from poult (immature) English grouse
Rib: Flat gold mylar tinsel, X-small
Body: Clark block brush, natural hares ear in jasper silk

[redietz]

Perfect.

[letumgo]

Bill - An instant classic! Beautiful...

Where did you get your poult grouse? Great Feathers?

[tie2fish]

Thank you Bob and Ray (remember the old comedy team ...?). The poult feather is from a pair of wings in a bag with a Cookshill label, so they probably did come from G.F.

[CreationBear]

Ha, that's the flymph equivalent of 25-year old Macallan single malt.

A question, though: do you brush out the dubbing brush before and/or after wrapping the rib?

[JohnP]

Beautifully executed.

[Smuggler]

That's just gorgeous, perfection.

[William Anderson]

Thank you Bob and Ray (remember the old comedy team ...?). The poult feather is from a pair of wings in a bag with a Cookshill label, so they probably did come from G.F.

Remember when old folks used to reference comedy teams?

Bill, this is just what I an looking for in most of my flies. Wish they were as clean as this. I love this pattern.

[tie2fish]

Ha, that's the flymph equivalent of 25-year old Macallan single malt.

A question, though: do you brush out the dubbing brush before and/or after wrapping the rib?

Jon ~ On this particular fly, I did not literally brush out the dubbing. I did, however, run a fingernail up the body after wrapping the rib and before wrapping the hackle.

[chase creek]

Wonderful tie!