Antique Spey.....sorta ;>)

[willowhead 0]

Well, here's a new fly on an old hook.....first fly i've done usin' the old blind eyes i found yesterday in the local Antique Tackle Shop. These hooks just have an incredable look to them......... This fly has a double tag.....one of a copperish colored braid material by Krenick, and then another which is a copper or brass bead.....not sure which. Under the bead is a huge pile of colored thread, which i painted yellow and orange.....and you can see that "THRU" the bead..... the pic may not show it well.....but the bead is entirely hollow, end to end.....as if it's just the shell of a bead. VERY cool bead. And it's not round, it's more or less a tube bead.

The forward part of the body is a chartruse sparkle chenille, and the wing is some kinna synthetic hair material with a bit of flash in it. I hadda seperate the collar/over wing so you could see the bead when i took the photo.....but it completely surrounds the fly actually. The material is Whiting Bird Fur/or Spey Hackle.

 

The pic will be added later. My wife is sleepin' in today just a bit. We were up almost all night again.

Try back later.....

mark.....

[Micke 0]

Mark, I am curious

[RoyalWulff 0]

post it up mark, im excited im sure it will look great. Those hooks were a wicked find eh,

 

 

phil

[willowhead 0]

The fly will be here in just a few minutes...............check back. mark

 

Ok, here it is.......lousy lighting, so the bead and underbody work beneath the bead are hard to see.......guess you'll just have to come over and hang out.

[letumgo 0]

Mark - I really love the look of the synthetic material in the wing and the profile of the fly. If you get a chance, try to take a picture of this fly with some better lighting. Natural lighting would be best, but its harder to come by now that the days are getting shorter. I don't think your photo does this pattern justice. Unfortunately we can't see the details you described regarding the cool bead.

[Old Hat 0]

Mark - I really love the look of the synthetic material in the wing and the profile of the fly. If you get a chance, try to take a picture of this fly with some better lighting. Natural lighting would be best, but its harder to come by now that the days are getting shorter. I don't think your photo does this pattern justice. Unfortunately we can't see the details you described regarding the cool bead.

 

 

......or the cool antique hook.

[willowhead 0]

Yeah, i know........the pic suckx! Maybe i'll try and take one outside tomorrow. If i can find time............hey, i gotta blow leaves tomorrow anyway.......hehehehe. We're leavin' to head back north, (Roscoe/Manhattan, N.Y., Danbury, Conn., Somerset, N.J. and Mason, Michigan) three more shows and the year is finished............all except for the party. Sat. Dec. 6th.......from 6 p.m. RSVP 870-431-8955 call after Dec. 15th, and don't come bowlegged. :nono: ......... :yahoo: :hyst: :thumbup: :ban: :cheers: :kicking: :lol2:

[Micke 0]

That fly looks great Mark,I love the hackle and the colors, try to take some more picture :whistle:

[Claudia 0]

Dear Mark. :thumbup:

 

You give me sunshine

the yellow speyhackle looks just lovely, and the red head is soo nice.

 

Hard to see the bead in that foto....

 

 

Regards Claudia

 

 

 

[willowhead 0]

TKX. Claudia.....glad you like it..............phist...............ssssssshhhhhhhh.........................don't tell nobody......................but if my pics were any better...............they'd run me outta town for tyin' such lousey flies.............................. :hyst: :lol2: mark.....

[RoyalWulff 0]

Cool stuff Mark,

 

you really did a good job with this one, the bead fits nice eh, that hook is cool too!

 

Phil

[willowhead 0]

Phil..........you phishin' for some beads........... .................just kiddin'.............seriously though.........i'll send you a selction if you'd like to try a few things out

.....just remember, don't put the eye on until the beads already on.................. :hyst: :help: :dunno: .......just lemme know..........i'll send you a handfull of various cool bean beads. ya never know..........we might start a revolution...............oh wait a minute.........it's after the 4th...................the revolution's over. rotmfflmffao............... mark..... btw, TKX!

[flykid 0]

pretty cool fly! I love the full hackle and the wing material is pretty cool too. The only issue I have is the taper of the tag. It looks like it tapers from back to front. Maybe that was intentional? Either way sweet fly!

[willowhead 0]

Optical illusion Alex, :hyst: but thankx for lookin' Buddy. mark.....

[Harold Ray 0]

Mark,

 

I like that rascal, what I can see, but you either need photography lessons, a new camera or have your Arkansas home wired with electricity so you can get light on your flies, or all three. We can't see 'em!!

 

Ray