Heff2 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 (edited) Been a few weeks since I finished a Salmon Fly. I have a few in progress but the Evangeline and Popham I wanted to tie both use a ton of Indian Crow and I was low on subs. I had traded for, bought or received a few from generous tyers over the past year but there was a postal strike here that hamstrung me getting my hands on more. Only one thing to do, dye my own. I have a ringneck skin so I harvested the neck feathers and got to dying. First step built a clamp, I’ll likely revisit this with fender washers but it did the job. Second step (plus a few) was dying the feather a deep yellow/orange, moving the the feather further into the clamp and dying the tips a red. After that I was ready to tie, except now I needed hooks. Got out my files and my box of 3366’s and got to reworking hook. I had one come out of the oven where I had missed is spot with finishing so I decided I would use it to try a new finish including adding gold leaf prior to cooking the enamel. Finally I was ready to tie. This one took a little more time than usual, those body veils are tricky to do with ringneck as a sub due to the shape of the rachis. In the end I’m pretty pleased with the fly. Did my best to tie it to the Pryce-Tannatt recipe. I have some peacock wing quills inbound (finally) but I subbed it with an Oak turkey for this one. Sorry for the novel on this one but it was a bit of an adventure and I thought I would share some of it. Edited December 27, 2024 by Heff2 fix my horrible spelling and grammar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 Nice job on the crow, I’ve never made hooks but looks like you’ve got it figured out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heff2 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 23 minutes ago, Bruce Derington said: Nice job on the crow, I’ve never made hooks but looks like you’ve got it figured out Thx Bruce, looking at the fly/hook blown up on a big screen I now see there is a few things I would improve but isn't that always the way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 Very nice fly and great explanation. You are more industrious than I am. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 Excellent on all fronts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heff2 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2024 Thx @RickZieger and @Sandan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
