SBPatt 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2016 Tying directly to the hook obviates the need for a needle or whole body transplant. Started as a just-screwing-around attempt at a green drake but it turned out well enough. A few pics dropped out and had to re-shoot some of the initial sequence, so you may notice some discrepancies. hook - Dai Riki 135 #10 thread - UTC 140 olive brown tail - moose body hair/Uni-stretch brown abdomen - 1mm foam olive thorax - dubbing olive wing - hen hackle tips black hackle - grizzly dyed olive (Hacklestacker) mash barb, start thread, tie in a loop of Uni-stretch clean, stack, measure a clump of moose body hair; tie in/trim butts hook the loop onto the gallows, adjust the hook angle down spiral thread up and down the loop, wrapping the moose taper a strip of foam; Super Glue it to the tail, pinch and trim brush Super Glue on underbody, wrap foam to hook; tie off/trim re-adjust hook angle, trim off tag end of loop tie in thread loop at base of abdomen insert loop in gallows again; tie in hackle wrap hackle up and down post (thorax width); tie off at base/trim prep a pair of hackle tips (convex facing); kinda at the end of decent black hackle tips tie in, set angle with front/back/crossing wraps dub thorax pull hackle forward between wings; tie down tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutghost 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2016 Hi Scott, That looks really nice. I'm going to have to pick up some 1mm foam. Thanks for posting that. Roger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2016 Neat idea. Looks like an easy, fish-able pattern. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meeshka 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2016 Like it a lot Scott! Great Job, excellent pics. I know what I will be tying Saturday Nite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kentuckysteve 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2016 Great looking fly and a great SBS.Thanks for posting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
126lineman 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2016 I like it, thanks for posting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2016 Partridge Wing Brown Drake variation River in town had a nice brown drake hatch and it used to bring up some decent fish; bugs are still there although the fish are few and far between these days. hook - Dai Riki 135 #8 thread - UTC 140 tan core - 8lb mono tail - moose body hair rib - Danville monocord tan abdomen - 1mm foam tan thorax - dubbing tan wing - partridge hackle - barred cream Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIN-ITE 34 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2016 Scott, Can you give me some background/history/naming of "Carnage". I'm sure it isn't related to the comic books. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2016 Can you give me some background/history/naming of "Carnage". I'm sure it isn't related to the comic books. Adam Trina, founder of Montana Fly Company, developed the Carnage series of flies; I'm not sure where he got the name from. He forms his bodies on a waxed needle, then attaches it to the hook. I started tying mine that way, but had problems getting consistent, durable flies; adding the mono core and building the body directly on the hook has solved both of those issues. Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIN-ITE 34 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2016 Thanks, that name just made me curious for an explanation. Very nice series by the way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
