Page 1 of 2
Martini Flymph
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:35 pm
by Roadkill
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
IMGP5713 by
William Lovelace, on Flickr
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:43 pm
by letumgo
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?
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:52 pm
by ronr
the key is collecting that ww11 dryer lint...., hard to come by these days..
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:19 pm
by Roadkill
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.

Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:23 pm
by letumgo
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:23 am
by hankaye
Roadkill, Howdy;
Great fly, nice background story. Only question remaining to be answered is ...
Shaken or stirred?
hank
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:05 pm
by Roadkill
hankaye wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:23 am
Shaken or stirred?
hank
Obviously Shaken for a dry Martini, then swing it again!

Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:05 pm
by hankaye
Roadkill, Howdy;
hank
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:12 am
by UC Steve
Love the lifelike glossiness & shade of the blanket lint. Brilliant.
Re: Martini Flymph
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:43 am
by Roadkill
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.
