Blue Charm

[turkey]

I was tying these for a swap on another forum but I thought I'd post one here.

hook - Alec Jackson 2061 sz 3
thread - black (8/0)
tip - small silver oval tinsel
tag - yellow floss
tail - golden pheasant crest
body - black floss
rib - small silver oval tinsel
collar - blue hackle (schlappen on this one)
wing - stacked grey squirrel tail

Thanks for checking it out.

 

[govtmule]

great looking fly....

 

[sandfly]

very nice !
great fly for Atlantic's and steel.

 

[FrequentTyer]

Very nice fly! Did you use any "tricks" to tie in the squirrel wing and still keep a nicely proportioned head?

 

[McSneek]

Nice tie Turkey. Question about those types of hooks. I have some that have what I would call an "open eye" on them. The eye doesn't form a circle and close at the shank rather it is bent back along the shank a short distance. When I tie I just take the thread over that area when finishing off the head to close it up. Should I be doing anything different? Hopefully I'm describing this clearly.

 

[turkey]

Thanks guys.

Frequent, not really any tricks on the wing. I use a little dab of head cement on the squirrel hair then wrap over it...oh and sometimes I wax the thread a little. Just a little though.

McSneak, I do the same as you. Just wrap it up so that it pinches together. The one thing I try to do with the body when using these hooks is build up material on the shank so there is a smooth transition from the body material up over the return eye of the hook...if that makes sense?

 

[RowJimmy]

That should fish well on your 2wt. Good stuff as always man.

 

[Ramcatt]

great looking fly!
nice clean head

 

[Ramcatt]

when working with return-eye hooks

it also works to keep your tag ends of material long enough to meet the retun... makes and nice under body