Copper King V.

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Re: Copper King V.

Post by kacbo » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:54 pm

Very nice fly and great photo!!
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Old Hat » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:51 pm

William Anderson wrote:
Old Hat wrote:The Sulky Sliver is great to work with...... I like to think of this pattern as the Copper John of spiders. It is a great searching pattern.
Carl, I was thinking the same thing. In turbid conditions, I usually go for a wire-bodies soft-hackle with some bling, but this will remain higher without the wire. I don't think I have this color...but that will have to change. I like the Sulky Slivers a lot. This fly with the fine spacing is beautiful. Very cool fly.

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I only wanted to try a couple colors. This color really stood out and I chose it over the gold, copper and similar. It has that amber color to it that I like.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Old Hat » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:52 pm

Thanks guys for the comments. I'm glad you like it.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by gentleshepherd » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:54 pm

Regarding the bobbin, didn't gudebrod have a long bobbin to fit the spools that they used? I usually just spin them onto a smaller bobbin with a bobbin spooler that I bought at walmart. I'll dig around and see if I have one and load a pic of the gudebrod bobbin.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by hankaye » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:04 pm

Howdy All;

Ya'll huntin' for these ???

http://www.northernangler.mb.ca/onlinec ... ramic.html

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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Old Hat » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:16 pm

That would be one way Hank. Haven't seen that before. However, I'm not sure I would want to use a bobbin at all with the Sulky Slivers.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by letumgo » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:33 pm

Neat! I had not seen that type of bobbin holder before. Thanks Hank

Carl, I have wound some of the Sulky material onto a standard size empty spool and tyed with it using a bobbin. I was impressed with how well it worked. The Sulky material is very strong, and lays down nice and smooth. Nice stuff.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Boris » Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:08 pm

I've never heard of "sulky silver" before but the effect you've got in the abdomen of that gorgeous fly is very cool.
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Old Hat » Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:55 pm

Thanks Boris. It's just a very fine flat tinsel (coated polyester) material.

I see it a lot at sewing stores. But noticed you can find it at Performance Flies on the web and other places probably.

http://www.performanceflies.com/categor ... =10&page=1
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Re: Copper King V.

Post by Mataura mayfly » Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:04 pm

Boris wrote:I've never heard of "sulky silver" before but the effect you've got in the abdomen of that gorgeous fly is very cool.
Boris, any "Spotlight" stores near you or in town by work?
Check out their sewing thread sections, if they are anything like the same stores here you will find lots of fun new materials- cheaper than tackle store prices! ;)
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