Fly Swap Pix

I have done some fly-tying this winter, but haven't done so much blogging and picture-taking.  The will to blog springs from a general desire to share things that I find interesting, and the personal drama I've been forced to endure over the past couple months have cast a long and sinister shadow over my countenance.

I did promise to contribute to a fly-swap with my pals at the Upland Journal, but there was one restriction that held a sticking point: the flies we all tied were to include material from something we'd each "shot."

Well, as you can certainly guess, there weren't much shooting for me this season, but I secured a "variance" from the powers-that-be so to allow something "shot" by Maggie last year.  This was a stuffed fish-toy that she got aholt of, and it was then by-golly "shot."

I tied up some variations of a Parachute Adams that look like this...

Are you my mother?



Last year, I had tied some of these guys using elk hair for the tails, and the brookies tore 'em up!  We'll see if this version gets the same reception.  The recipe...

Hook: Gamakatsu S10 #16
Tail: brown & grizzly hackle fibers
Body: gray dubbing
Hackle: brown & grizzly
Thread: dark brown 6/0
Post: aforementioned synthetic fish guts