BRACKEN CLOCK (wet)

[sandfly]

size 14:

 

[redietz]

Not your father's Bracken Clock.

 

[djs12354]

That's another nice looking tie, Sandfly.

I don't see any signs of moisture on it, but will take your word for it. What does it look like when it is dry?

 

[RCFetter]

Really nice.

 

[sandfly]

the pattern

 

[lv2nymph]

Nice.

 

[redietz]

Please don't think this is criticism of your tie (it looks very fishy), but I think that you may not know what the name of the fly refers to.

"Clock" means "beetle" in the rural UK (and Ireland) and the bracken clock is a specific beetle (Phyllopertha horicola). It looks much like a Japanese beetle without the iridescent green. Here's a link to a picture of one:

Bracken clock natural

Since it's supposed to be an imitative pattern, it's traditionally tied quite full (unlike most North Country patterns):

Bracken clock artificial

(Please excuse the link to a commercial site. If I can find my pheasant skin, I'll tie an example this evening.)

The red rib is not found in all versions.

 

[sandfly]

Yes I knew what it represented, but it works here also. works for some of the beetle larva's here in pa. on the LLH for one.

 

[sandfly]

Just thought of the beetle on the LLH. Willow beetle, old age or to much stuff crammed into my Brain ???