Hello Bob, good to hear from you. How’s the shoulder? Agreed - as I said, it all looks a bit different, big and scary, but it’s provenance is impecable. It is designed to sit low in the water, so just put floatant on the wing and not the body.👍
Hello Steve, we often tie shucks, in their various forms, on dry flies as emergers. I think this fly looks so out of kilter, because the shuck is relevant to the size of the fly and it is a large fly! If you tie some up, be careful not to over dress the top and bottom deer hair wings, 15 or so fibres is ok. I think the original Retirer had a grey aerowing type fibre between the deer hair, but I quite like the tan. This fly was first tied during an international competition and I think the materials and tools that he had to hand were limited, hence no use of a hair stacker? It’s ’rough and ready’, but an extremely effective fly.👌
Hello there, good to hear from you. Indeed, an interesting fly that floats well and catches trout - not a lot more that you can ask for really! Give it a whirl, I’m sure that you won’t be disappointed.👍
Hello Michael, yes, I think the only thing to sink it is a trout! I really enjoy fishing dry dropper - whilst your eye is on the dry, you just don’t know whether it will disappear by being pulled under or engulfed!! As a single fly, a great representation of a caddis fly. 👌
Interesting shuck!! Well Done!!!
Hello Bob, good to hear from you. How’s the shoulder? Agreed - as I said, it all looks a bit different, big and scary, but it’s provenance is impecable. It is designed to sit low in the water, so just put floatant on the wing and not the body.👍
Very nice pattern.thanks for sharing
Hello Mike, good to hear from you. Glad you like the fly and if you tie some up, please let me know how you get on.😉
Good looking fly. I’m intrigued by the shuck, which I’ve never seen on a dry fly. I’ll have to tie up a few. Thanks
Hello Steve, we often tie shucks, in their various forms, on dry flies as emergers. I think this fly looks so out of kilter, because the shuck is relevant to the size of the fly and it is a large fly! If you tie some up, be careful not to over dress the top and bottom deer hair wings, 15 or so fibres is ok. I think the original Retirer had a grey aerowing type fibre between the deer hair, but I quite like the tan. This fly was first tied during an international competition and I think the materials and tools that he had to hand were limited, hence no use of a hair stacker? It’s ’rough and ready’, but an extremely effective fly.👌
Interesting bug. Thanks
Hello there, good to hear from you. Indeed, an interesting fly that floats well and catches trout - not a lot more that you can ask for really! Give it a whirl, I’m sure that you won’t be disappointed.👍
I like the triple wing. Should float well all day.
Hello Michael, yes, I think the only thing to sink it is a trout! I really enjoy fishing dry dropper - whilst your eye is on the dry, you just don’t know whether it will disappear by being pulled under or engulfed!! As a single fly, a great representation of a caddis fly. 👌