Martini Flymph

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Martini Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:35 pm

Hook-Dai Riki 070 #12
Thread-UTC70 Light Olive
Tail- Red Hackle barbs
Rib-Small Sivler Ultra Wire
Body-Touch Dubbed WWII OD Wool Blanket dryer lint
Hackle-Toucan Yellow Hen Neck

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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by letumgo » Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:43 pm

Bill - I love your creative sourcing of materials. WWII blanket... You don't see that everyday. Great fly!

I'm stumped by the name. Why did you call it a "Martini Flymph". Is it because the body is olive?
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by ronr » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:52 pm

the key is collecting that ww11 dryer lint...., hard to come by these days..
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:19 pm

letumgo wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:43 pm I'm stumped by the name. Why did you call it a "Martini Flymph". Is it because the body is olive?
You got it Ray!

After a long drive last fall from Eastern Oregon, just before dinner I was washing and drying my father in law's old Army blanket from my old pickup truck during the cocktail and fly tying hour at "Camp Roadkill" in Central Oregon. As I cleaned out the dryer lint trap I decided to make an Olive Drab flymph.

OK, I had a material to touch dub a body. What about the tail? It had to be red to make an olive stuffed with pimento. ;) That led me to think of a Martini Flymph. An onion was missing on the hook garnish so I thought of some of my prior material dying with onion skin and came up with the yellow hackle to finish the fly. :)
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by letumgo » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:23 pm

:D :D Brilliant on many levels, Bill. ;)
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by hankaye » Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:23 am

Roadkill, Howdy;

Great fly, nice background story. Only question remaining to be answered is ...
Shaken or stirred?

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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:05 pm

hankaye wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:23 am Shaken or stirred?
hank
Obviously Shaken for a dry Martini, then swing it again! ;)
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by hankaye » Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:05 pm

Roadkill, Howdy;

8-)

:lol:

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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by UC Steve » Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:12 am

Love the lifelike glossiness & shade of the blanket lint. Brilliant.
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Re: Martini Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:43 am

Thanks Steve!

I think many modern tiers ignore the value and availability of wool. After all it was a proven staple in historic wet fly tying. A trip to a yarn shop can set you up for blending your own dubbing and giving it away for years. ;) :lol:
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