The Purple
The Yellow
The Zulu
Mr. M.Fauvet aka. the limp cobra constantly posts photos of all his very cool spiders and wet flies. This distracts my daily tying routine. I really enjoy this style of flies,but I do not have the time. I do not have the same cool hooks (yet),but I get inspired every time. Here is a few attempts in the art of wet flies. Thanks Marc!
I am planning on doing a series of tradtional wet flies this autumn. I want to focus mainly on norwegian classics.
nice, nice, nice and nice ! and the inspiration is coming back this way 😀
as i had worked on a lot of ‘UK-style flashy reservoir-type flies over the last years and getting back to the ‘naturals’ i have been a little weary of too much light coming off of the fly but your Zulu looks like a catcher for sure and i’ll give it a try.
please tell me what the Traditional’s body is ! me love !
i’m looking forward to seeing your fall wet series.
cheers and thanks for the kind words,
marc
Tahnk you,Marc! I have never really used flies with much flash and other synthetics in them. I find the Zulu to be a beautiful fly in its simplicity. I think I have used a holograpihic tinsel on this one. The body on the traditional wet is standard silver mylar tinsel with Lagartun rib. I need to do some research and planning. Don Bastian´s blog is a great well of knowledge as well…lots of things to keep the mind busy:)
thanks for the info Vegard ! yes, Don is a big inspiration and i love reading his new posts in the morning while having the first cup of coffee 😀
Traditional: this is a great example of how photos can be misleading. i would have sworn there was feather fibers would around the shank. which gives me an idea……. 😉
cheers,
marc
As it should be,Marc! That was a very good idea…this could have been a grizzly stem. It might give a cool impression. I have used goose biots as ribbing,and it looks great on some patterns. Let´s try:)