Seal body Sulphur

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Seal body Sulphur

Post by Grandtyer » Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:26 pm

Hi all, fairly new to the forum and am enjoying and finding inspiration in all these great ties.
I tie mostly spider and flymph patterns and lately have been using seal fur for dubbing. As difficult as seal is to dub and rib I prefer it for it's fuzziness, and the trout seem to like it as well.
This sulphur imitation has fished well this past season and am going to tie a bunch more in different sizes soon.
Tied on a Tiemco 100SP-BL hook with Pearsalls yellow silk, natural seal body with gold tinsel rib, ostrich herl thorax and partridge hackle.

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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by crazy4oldcars » Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:36 pm

WOW! Nice flymph and one heck of an introduction to the forum! Thanks for sharing. I like the hotspot head and thorax.
Welcome, and we look forward to seeing more contributions from you.

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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by hankaye » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:39 pm

Grandtyer, Howdy;

Appears that you know your way around a vise ... Great! One more brain to pick through
for information and opinions :D . Welcome to the forum, please make yourself to home.

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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by letumgo » Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:46 pm

WOW! That is a beautiful fly, and a welcome addition to our library of wingless wet fly patterns. Thank you for sharing.

Let me offer a hearty welcome to the forum. I look forward to seeing more of your flies in the future.
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by Mataura mayfly » Tue Oct 13, 2015 1:37 am

Really nice looking tie. ;)
I find Seal to be no harder to deal with than some of the modern synthetic blends with added flash, some of those can be difficult!
Did you brush the Seal fur out after wrapping the rib?

This pattern is a great way to make an entrance to the forum, your work will be well received here. Welcome.
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by Grandtyer » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:00 am

Thanks for the welcome, appreciate the comments on this tie.
I'll have to submit a couple of other ties when I get some time.

Mataura mayfly - I gave the body a light brush once the fly was finished. I agree that some of the synthetics are difficult to tie with but they also seem to produce a nice scruffy, fuzzy kind of body.
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by tie2fish » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:51 am

An excellent sulfur pattern well tied, especially considering the unruliness of seal. Welcome, Grandtyer, to our fine group.
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by Smuggler » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:33 am

Great introduction! This flymph is well constructed with some fantastic materials. Well done on the seal dubbing. Top notch.
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by Roadkill » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:06 am

Lovely fly would be great for a PMD hatch!
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Re: Seal body Sulphur

Post by William Anderson » Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:48 pm

A wonderful sulphur pattern. I like tying with seal quite a bit. It's been a favorite for the past couple of years for a caddis pattern. This looks like it will work very well.

Great to have you join us and thanks for the introduction. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more from you. Which Grand region do you haunt?

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