Nothing Rhymes with Orange
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Nothing Rhymes with Orange
I'm starting to have dreams about Pycnopsyche these days, so I hacked out this standard issue flymph last night:
One thing that is a bit different about it is that I used a technique that Mitch Smith (of eponymous bobbin fame) shows in one of his videos. There, he ties a floss "dubbing loop" at the end of the hook, then captures a length of wire inside it; when he spins it and winds it on, it produces a fancy tag on the salmon fly he's tying. Here, I took a length of Marabou silk floss, separated it the way Ray talks about in his caddis larvae tutorial , and formed a loop with about a third of of the strands. I used some blue wire to get a bit variegation for an abdomen, but I can imagine any number of useful floss/wire color combinations. (FWIW, if you tie with an undivided section of floss, you can come up with a pretty good impression of a cased caddis.)
One thing that is a bit different about it is that I used a technique that Mitch Smith (of eponymous bobbin fame) shows in one of his videos. There, he ties a floss "dubbing loop" at the end of the hook, then captures a length of wire inside it; when he spins it and winds it on, it produces a fancy tag on the salmon fly he's tying. Here, I took a length of Marabou silk floss, separated it the way Ray talks about in his caddis larvae tutorial , and formed a loop with about a third of of the strands. I used some blue wire to get a bit variegation for an abdomen, but I can imagine any number of useful floss/wire color combinations. (FWIW, if you tie with an undivided section of floss, you can come up with a pretty good impression of a cased caddis.)
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
i love you humble guys...........aint NOTHIN' "standard issue" bout that dressing..........that sucker KILLS!!!!!
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Wow! What a striking fly. Wonderful stuff...
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Outstanding in all respects.
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
"The only word in the 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary that rhymes with orange is sporange, a very rare alternative form of sporangium (a botanical term for a part of a fern or similar plant)." (Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/wordsrhymeorange)
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Purple? Silver? Fantastic pattern CreationBear!
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
I can almost imagine this underwater, fightin' its way to the surface!, all twitchy and legs going. Beauty.
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
CreationBear, Howdy;
Just sitting here browsing through the threads.
Came upon this one and my jaw hit the edge of the table ...
Don't care what does or doesn't ryhme with what or not...
Great looking Creation!
hank
Just sitting here browsing through the threads.
Came upon this one and my jaw hit the edge of the table ...
Don't care what does or doesn't ryhme with what or not...
Great looking Creation!
hank
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
How about the Orange Melange (meaning a mixture). Sounds good to me-"Oranzgh Melanzgh" . Maurice Chevalier I'm not, but you get the idea.
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Re: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
CreationBear, Howdy;
Was so awestruck I forgot to ask if you'd post the recipe for this fly.
hank
Still think it's one of the prettiest things I've ever laid eyes on...
Was so awestruck I forgot to ask if you'd post the recipe for this fly.
hank
Still think it's one of the prettiest things I've ever laid eyes on...
Striving for a less complicated life since 1949...
"Every day I beat my own previous record for number
of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
"Every day I beat my own previous record for number
of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin