Tuesday 19 January 2010

the tuesday tie off

nice to be back at the vice again and just in time for the Tuesday tie off with ken over at pike adventures. kens choice this week and his choice was the flash tail whistler by dan blanton and pretty much in most predator fly anglers boxes since it was shown to great effect in the DVD lair of the water wolf .

i think this is one of those flies that you don't really need to tinker about with to much , the only thing you really need to do is play around with colours and materials and see what you come up with .



hook-6/o long shanked Aberdeen
tail- white ultra hair
flash- pearl flashbou
body-pink / white marabou
eyes- bead chain
thread- clear mono


hook-6/0 orvis pike / musky hook
tail- copper flashbou
flash-as above
body-chartreuse bucktail / orange / chartreuse marabou / barred saddle hackle
eyes- bead chain
thread - clear mono


hook-6/0 orvis pike / musky hook
tail- silver flashbou
flash-as above
body-yellow bucktail / orange / chartreuse marabou / barred saddle hackle
eyes- bead chain
thread - clear mono


this one is tied a bit more sparsley

hook-5/0 long shank
tail-white ultra hair / white saddle hackle
flash-pearl flashbou
body-red saddle hackle
eyes-bead chain
thread - red 6/0 uni thread


this one is tied a bit more sparsely

hook-5/0 long shank
tail-chartreuse ultra hair / chartreuse saddle hackle
flash-green crystal flash
body-orange / chartreuse saddle hackle
eyes-bead chain
thread - orange 6/0 uni thread



this one is tied a bit more sparsely

hook-5/0 long shank
tail-chartreuse ultra hair / chartreuse saddle hackle
flash-green crystal flash
body-orange / chartreuse saddle hackle
eyes-bead chain
thread - orange 6/0 uni thread






pretty much all the flies are 5 or 6 inch's long and tied on 5/0 long shanked hooks the larger more bulky flies are tied on 6/0 orvis pike / musky hooks

so if you get on over to kens site you ll see what he came up with for this weeks tie off here's the link

http://pikeadventures.blogspot.com/

tight lines and hairy flies till next time

mcfluffchucker
(a cave in scotland)

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