A Dark Spider

[Old Hat 0]

Maybe reminiscent of a Bibio? Quite productive for me as of late. Uses dyed squirrel dubbing and dyed partridge hackle

 

 

[Piker20 0]

Yep that looks great. Buggy and colour scheme that's proven time and time again.

[Old Hat 0]

Glad you like it Piker. Thanks for the response.

[utyer 0]

Its been a while since we have seen a fly from you. Welcome back, and a nice classically styled pattern it is. I see you have been busy with a web site. Nice work on that too.

[Old Hat 0]

Thanks utyer.

[gunsmith 0]

Very nice.

[Old Hat 0]

Thanks gunsmith.

[PondStalker 0]

I like this pattern. I am intrigued by the dubbing on the body. Also, enjoyed looking around on your blog again.

[André Ribeiro 0]

Great fly, simple and productive!

 

Congrats!!!

[Piker20 0]

Had a quick look at your site. I like the idea of teaching principles and not pattern by pattern. Lamplighter in the winged salmon flies is a good looking pattern. Is it still a lamp lighter with alternative wing colours or do you have names for those variations? I would be looking at red, green or purple wings for local waters.

[Old Hat 0]

The Lamplighter is a localized pattern. I haven't ever seen any variations other than proportional on a variety of hooks. I've never tried other color wings. I would probably just consider it a variation. It is not a particularly specialized pattern, it's pretty general in design. I would say the color has a lot to do with the fly name.

[william anderson 0]

Carl, a classy bug from you as always. I like the spike squirrel dubbing. I have a few packs of the dubbing that seem less manageable but the effect you get here is a nice one.