Martini Flymph
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Martini Flymph
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
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
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Re: Martini Flymph
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?
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
the key is collecting that ww11 dryer lint...., hard to come by these days..
Re: Martini Flymph
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
Brilliant on many levels, Bill.
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Re: Martini Flymph
Roadkill, Howdy;
Great fly, nice background story. Only question remaining to be answered is ...
Shaken or stirred?
hank
Great fly, nice background story. Only question remaining to be answered is ...
Shaken or stirred?
hank
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Re: Martini Flymph
Roadkill, Howdy;
hank
hank
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
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of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
Re: Martini Flymph
Love the lifelike glossiness & shade of the blanket lint. Brilliant.
Re: Martini Flymph
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.
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.