SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 Davie McPhail has a great vid; for some reason (5 yr old OS?), mine keeps dropping out halfway thru so this is for my sanity as much as anything. A neat, easy sunken beetle; this would be fun to swing past some cut-banks. hook - Mustad 3906 #8 thread - Danville 6/0 black rib - oval tinsel silver shellback - peacock sword body - rug yarn dubbing black (original calls for seal) wing - Amherst pheasant tippet hackle - hen black mash barb, start thread, tie in rib, wrap to bend tie in some peacock sword fibers by the tips dub thread/dub body rib body; tie off/trim pull shellback forward; tie off/trim strip off some AP tippet fibers; measure (tips to bend), tie in/trim tie in folded hackle (this was a saddle; turned out to be too heavy so I swapped in a cape feather) wrap; tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Krall 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2019 I've no idea why no one has commented. This is a wonderful fly and the tie is lovely. I use it in the Rocky Mountains... fast water falling off the hill sides. I tie them #14-#20. M.Krall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2019 Cannot see photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2019 5 year old thread ... photos don't show up on my screen either. But ... welcome to the site, Mike Krall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2019 Cannot see photos That’s Photobucket being assholes - lost a lot of pics due to my refusal to pay for their shakedown a couple years ago. This computer that the originals are on went Tango Uniform last month so I’m working on ways to recover. Here’s a couple grainy shots of the fly Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
