15mm red Francis bottle tube

[ballingall512]

hope you like it.

Dave.

[daijones]

Like this one Dave, never used this fly.
but was thinking today, about tying up some for the coming season.

Dai.

[ade]

I know a man who would love this fly Dave, since he's in Switzerland snowboarding he might miss this post, so do you have a recipe for it so I can tie a couple up for him?

What I mean is what red wool you used, and the rear hackle, what is that? Have you stripped a feather to the quill to make the feelers, if so what feather and do you bleach them?

ATB

Ade

[underghillie]

Braw Dave, i like brown feelers in mine and also a front hackle

[ballingall512]

Mar 20, 2011 20:54:56 GMT ade said:

I know a man who would love this fly Dave, since he's in Switzerland snowboarding he might miss this post, so do you have a recipe for it so I can tie a couple up for him?

What I mean is what red wool you used, and the rear hackle, what is that? Have you stripped a feather to the quill to make the feelers, if so what feather and do you bleach them?

ATB

Ade

Hi ade. The body in this one is not wool. It's 140 denier utc tying thread.
The rear hackle is a fiery brown cock hackle.
The feelers are stripped hackle stems from an old white cock cape
the rostrum is tan calf tail, but you can use claret fox or cock pheasant tail feather fibres.

[ballingall512]

Mar 20, 2011 21:49:51 GMT underghillie said:

Braw Dave, i like brown feelers in mine and also a front hackle

Cheers Tony.

I like the brown feelers too, but I've only got good brown capes left at the moment, and don't want to be stripping them down

I normally use 4 brown and 2 white.

I don't like them with palmered hackles or front hackles though.. just my prefference

[ade]

Looks a belting flea Dave, thanks for the info Must knock some up

I'll also tie some on plastic tube and make them very small for Upper Farleyer in June

I'm on the Tay

ATB

Ade