If you had started the peacock herl from the thicker end it would result in a stronger body rather than the thinner more fragile tips and the body would be fuller! The thin coat of varnish on the thread body prior to winding the peacock is a good idea and does improve longevity ime! Nice pattern! 😀
@@newfoundlandflyfisher That is a good point! Peacock varies in quality for sure! I usually strip my herls off the full feather and my current supply seems to be superior but that was just the luck of the draw! I have received some of those tied bundles that were just garbage and had to use 4-6 to get a half decent body as the herl fibres were that sparse!
What an absolutely fascinating way to tie in the butt! At first it looked like it was literally arse-backwards, but then it all made sense. It looks like maybe a technique borrowed from winding tinsel tags on double salmon irons. Like it. Also, I was really curious about the white wing idea - only the Black Ghost and Skunk spring to mind. But when I think about it, no one in the Maritimes ever carries white-winged variants of all the patterns in their box, what with all those Rats and Cossebooms. Why not?? What's the taboo? [actually, 90% of all salmon flies I see on the river look just like rabbit turds.... but that's not my point.]
I am heading to Gander River in August. I'll be tying some of these! Thanks, Chris!
Best if luck Nicole
Great job as always CW! 👌🏼
Merci
Beautiful fly bro!
Thank you so much man!!
@@newfoundlandflyfisher i did a bunch of them yesterday. White moose for the wing
Beautiful simply beautiful
@@johndurfee5925 well thank you for the kind words
Nicely done Chris 🔥 great recovery
Thanks Mark! I struggle with whether I should edit that stuff out or not but ultimately I guess it is better to show how to come back from it 😬
If you had started the peacock herl from the thicker end it would result in a stronger body rather than the thinner more fragile tips and the body would be fuller! The thin coat of varnish on the thread body prior to winding the peacock is a good idea and does improve longevity ime! Nice pattern! 😀
Thanks Mike!! I have tried that method but found the fibres on the peacock to not be as nice near the base.
@@newfoundlandflyfisher That is a good point! Peacock varies in quality for sure! I usually strip my herls off the full feather and my current supply seems to be superior but that was just the luck of the draw! I have received some of those tied bundles that were just garbage and had to use 4-6 to get a half decent body as the herl fibres were that sparse!
Nice 👍
Thanks
What an absolutely fascinating way to tie in the butt! At first it looked like it was literally arse-backwards, but then it all made sense. It looks like maybe a technique borrowed from winding tinsel tags on double salmon irons. Like it.
Also, I was really curious about the white wing idea - only the Black Ghost and Skunk spring to mind. But when I think about it, no one in the Maritimes ever carries white-winged variants of all the patterns in their box, what with all those Rats and Cossebooms. Why not?? What's the taboo? [actually, 90% of all salmon flies I see on the river look just like rabbit turds.... but that's not my point.]
White wings are huge here in NL. Honestly, i would use grass trimmings on a wing if i though salmon may like it 😂
Chris what is the name of the wing.
Dan fro USA
That is Faux Bucktail from Fish Skull.
@@newfoundlandflyfisher thank you so much
@@flytyermaine no prob :)
Is the red wrap below the thorax represent a hot spot
@@johndurfee5925 i suppose it could be? However we rarely refer to hot spots on the hair wing salmon flies.