Red Rover

[Heff2 0]

Working a Dave Carne’s tying course, it’s quite the resource he has made available.  
 

Red Rover
Tag: Silver Oval and Yellow Floss
Tail: Topping
Butt: Black Ostrich
Body: Majenta Berlin Wool
Rib: Silver Oval
Hackle: Yellow
Throat: Red
Wings: Tippet; Peacock Wing, Dark Turkey (subed
for Bustard), Red Goose, G.Pheasant Tail;
Topping
Sides: Jungle Cock

 

Edited May 5, 2024 by Heff2
Added recipe

[flytire 0]

care to share?

[Heff2 0]

Sent you a PM 

[SalarMan 0]

59 minutes ago, Heff2 said:

Sent you a PM 

PM has not arrived as of now.

[flytire 0]

1 hour ago, Heff2 said:

Sent you a PM 

access denied

[SalarMan 0]

7 minutes ago, flytire said:

access denied

Why?

[SalarMan 0]

That fly looks very good Arthur. A pattern I haven't tied in ages. I'll have to give it another go.

[Heff2 0]

Thx George, Dave posted some tying instruction on the Classic Salmon fly facebook page.  

[SalarMan 0]

Hmmm. I haven't contacted Dave in a couple of years. We used to email occasionally, but somehow drifted away from that. He invited me into his tying group on Facebook, but since I have never been connected with that site and do not intend to be involved I was unable to take him up on the invite. He is a great tyer and his instructions would no doubt be of tremendous value.

[flytire 0]

5 hours ago, SalarMan said:

Why?

because i didnt have access to heff's google drive page. thats why

[SalarMan 0]

2 minutes ago, flytire said:

because i didnt have access to heff's google drive page. thats why

Thanks for the follow up Norm...much appreciated!!

[Heff2 0]

Decided to revisit this one after seeing another illustration and recipe for it.  here is the reference 

and here is my attempt to copy it 

below is the recipe 

Tag: Silver twist and light blue silk
Tail: A topping and Indian Crow
Butt: Black Ostrich herl
Body: 1st section red silk with oval gold rib; veiled above and below with Indian Crow ; black Ostrich butt; 2nd section embossed gold with oval gold rib

Hackle: Magenta over gold only
Throat: Blue
Wing: Golden Pheasant, Bustard, red, blue, green, yellow Turkey, Peacock wing; Mallard roof; a topping over all
Cheeks: Jungle Cock and Indian Crow
Horns: Scarlet Macaw
Head: Black

[flyflinger 0]

Just spectacular !!!!! . . . some of you guys have absolutely amazing skills.  I tie mostly size 20-22 flies (that don't take many hours to complete).  But I do like a beautiful jungle cock cheek on some streamers . . .      

Congratulations and Best Regards,  

[Heff2 0]

Thx @flyflinger I was tying a sz 20 midge the other day, had to find my readers for that one. Forgot how tricky the little ones can be. 

[flyflinger 0]

Amen brother!  The magnification level of my "reading glasses" has been constantly increasing over the (many) years/decades I've been tying . . . I'm up to 2.75X for day-to-day use, and 4.0X for fly tying.

For small flies, avoiding too much bulk is the key.  The increasing availability and colors of these very-small-diameter tying threads in the last decade has been very helpful.  Ed Engle has several excellent books on small flies - highly recommended!            

Regards,