Orange n Yellow Blended Flamethrower

[mo]

This is a fly I tied up after seeing a tube fly tied by Robert Gillespie, where the hackles were tied in together, rather than the usual orange over yellow or vice versa.
This is a technique that is often used in the tying of Irish Lough flies, especially when palmering the bodies, but its not something you see that often in salmon flies.

Here are a few pics





I have a few variants of this in mind, including a black front wing, as in Jimthefish's Black Bear Flamethrower, which I think will give the fly a bit more contrast. Will post the results when I get to the fly tying bench.

Neil

[mo]

Nov 22, 2009 0:03:36 GMT @salmonaddict said:

Bonnie lookin flee mo. What camera do you use to take these pics?

I use a Canon 450D, but don't profess to know what I am doing with it, but I hope to learn more over the next few months. When the pics were taken it was set on the auto Macro setting.

[mo]

Its a Digital SLR, but you can take good pictures with a compact camera. The camera you have bought will be more than adequate for taking pics of your flies.
Have a look at this site, it will take you through the process

flyartstudio.com/wordpress/?cat=15

Hope it helps, and I look forward to seeing the results .

[ballingall512]

Nice looking fly.

The blended hackle works great on the flamethrower and it's variations