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This is another fly that uses a herl rib.

I have added a collection of larger images to my web-site,
this is a result of my trolling through my image CDs and deciding that I wanted to see them on-line a bit clearer than
I could on my site articles, (eye problem).
Luckily I had saved quite a few larger JPEG and TIFF images.
I have had them on the site for quite a while, but I have just
added them to the Menu - under Display.

Carl,

We may have met at Albany, but, to be honest, I meet a lot of people at that show. VEE and I will be tying there both days again this spring, be sure to stop by and say Hi, I'll try to do the same.

REE

Inspiring indeed!

Hi Old Hat;

I realllly like these, especially numbers 1 & 3 with the herl bodies.

Is ash silk grey? Also, can you share your camera setup, ie. lens and camera? I really like how the fly is the only thing in focus and the background is blurred.

Wayneb

DNicolson wrote:
This is another fly that uses a herl rib.

I have added a collection of larger images to my web-site,
this is a result of my trolling through my image CDs and deciding that I wanted to see them on-line a bit clearer than
I could on my site articles, (eye problem).
Luckily I had saved quite a few larger JPEG and TIFF images.
I have had them on the site for quite a while, but I have just
added them to the Menu - under Display.

Donald,

Your Greenwell Spider Variant with a plover hackle has it all. Just wonderful. So good to see a larger picture of it. Please post it here too, as it is tied by an old master.

dd

Wayneb, The recipe in newer books usually lists the body material as "ash or grey" however the older listings just say "ash". So I suppose there is some interpretation there. Others with more knowledge of this color may be able to better answer the question. My idea of ash is a grey with a little brown hue to it. How I approached it was to use Pearsall's grey thread and waxed it well with a wax that had a brown coloration. This gave me what I was after and I feel matched the ribbing herl well.

No fancy camera set up here. I use a old point and shoot Panasonic Lumix DMZ-TZ1. I set the fly about 18"-24" from the background (in this case the backgrounds were just a little arborvitae tree and an old oak bourbon barrel now used as a planter). I played with the positioning of the fly until I liked the shadows and the light, put the camera on macro setting and took some shots. I used a small tripod and the 2 second photo delay feature. The further away the fly is from the background the more smoothed or out of focus the background will become.

Carl

Lovely body! Have to try that out. Bought some hen-hackle from Flytying boutique yesterday, furnace/Grenwell. Looking forward to get that.

wayneb wrote:Hi Old Hat;

I realllly like these, especially numbers 1 & 3 with the herl bodies.

Is ash silk grey? Also, can you share your camera setup, ie. lens and camera? I really like how the fly is the only thing in focus and the background is blurred.

Wayneb

Wayneb,

I have a couple of Pearsall Gossamer in gray as well as in in ash where the ash is a gray/beige colour. These are wooden spools and I don't know if the colour is available today. It is a lovely colour so it probably isn't.

dd

Thank you, Donald.

dd