[Iain Goolager]

Hothead 'Damsels'



A light coloured general nymph pattern



Iain

[Stuart Smith]

very nice flys iain

where did you buy them from haha only joking

i wish i could get in the mood to tie

stuart

[Matt Henderson]

Nice work Iain, my old man had good success with damsels at Haddo the other week.  I didn't have the same success with my self tied ones.  There seemed to be a few differences one being a much longer tail (at least double the body length) and two was a little bit of crystal flash over the top of the thorax type area and a few tail ends of the crystal flash left sticking up behind the thorax area. I'll get round to making an example one day soon. 

[Iain Goolager]

Matt,

That was the reason I tied them - as they seemed to be doing well at Haddo - they're a ltlle but gaudier than I 'd usually tie but nice to look at, a bit like myself 

Iain

[Barry Robertson]

Nice flies Iain, That damsel looks familiar 
Nice wee pinch of dubbing at the head 
Sure to pull them out with those flies, nice photography also 

[Iain Goolager]

An emerging ...................erm, BWO? LDO?



Iain

[Mike Barrio]

Nice "olive" Iain

Cheers
Mike

[Paul Rankine]

HI ,
        Hurrah! at long last I,ve got my new camera so I,m just having a play with it .

Here's a couple of pics just taken hand held nothing fancy.






Both flies tied with BM Nymph size 10 hooks using Trout Bum Crystal Hackle (a long fibred fritz) and Angel Hair.
The first one is a bit over exposed it's actually supposed to be Fluo orange. RTFM I think !

Paul.

[Iain Goolager]

new camera today for me Paul................



Iain

[Mike Barrio]

Cracking photo Iain ....... now you're talking!

Cheers
Mike

[Noel Kelly]

new camera today for me Paul................



Iain

Wow think I saw it take a Breath just now. V impressive.

[Barry Robertson]

Nice flies lads, thats a cracking photo iain  

You ever tried using say a 1lb piece of fluro as a counter rib just to strengthen up the rib as i dont think it will take much for the fish to wreck the fly,nice tying anyway 

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Iain,
               Och ! There is always one eh ?
 

Paul

[Iain Goolager]

You ever tried using say a 1lb piece of fluro as a counter rib just to strengthen up the rib as i dont think it will take much for the fish to wreck the fly,nice tying anyway

No Baz, I haven't and don't want to bulk up the body any - I could drop a coat of varnish prior to wrapping  but this fly WAS designed for one fish only but boy what a fish!

Anyway, haven't you got a muster to go to?

Iain

[Matt Henderson]

No Baz, I haven't and don't want to bulk up the body any - I could drop a coat of varnish prior to wrapping  but this fly WAS designed for one fish only but boy what a fish!

Anyway, haven't you got a muster to go to?

Iain

if not a muster than it must be time time for the safety meeting.   

[Paul Rankine]

 Hi Baz,
             You off that bloody rig yet ? How do you fancy Rescobie this week ?
Paul.

[Matt Henderson]

I was making up a few tubes for a trip to the Don last Friday.  I started with a castle shrimp tied on plastic tubing with a plastic turbo cone and a tungsten conehead. 



then made a few variaitions






and a wee simple green and black tube. 



The Blue and Black combination worked the best.  Given that it contacted a salmon and had a trout too. 

Cheers

Matt

[Paul Rankine]

HI Matt,
              Nice ties. I'd be a bit wary of having the point of your needle sticking out as in the last photo though.
Been there done that.
On a lighter note what colour combinations do you prefer for Don springers ?

Paul.

[Matt Henderson]

HI Matt,
              Nice ties. I'd be a bit wary of having the point of your needle sticking out as in the last photo though.
Been there done that.
On a lighter note what colour combinations do you prefer for Don springers ?

Paul.

I hadn't noticed that to be honest Paul.  I'll be more vigilant in the future!

I'm afraid none of the Don Springers have abliged yet so I'll let you know what the prefer once I have one in the net...

[Iain Goolager]

nice flies as usual Mattheus. 
A touch of JC might be nice though

Iain

[Barry Robertson]

Just asking brenda 
Muster was yesterday and i cant be bothered buying the bond so no saftey meetings either!
6 frames of snooker everyday and 2 3 course meals and tying flies is now starting to get a bit boring 
And still no flights 

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Baz,
             Sorry to hear that . Oh well , I,m needing 12 size 14 Olive klinks, 12 size 16 BWO Duns ,(prefer these tied on klink hooks), 12 size 14 greenwell spiders , 12 ............ ,

Gives a shout when , (if ,,,,,?) you get back !

Paul.

PS: I hear the second volcano is now rumbling .............

[Hamish Young]

This week I have mostly been tying..... streamers  No nancy boy wee flees - these are monsters 
Once they're all sorted I may even try and post a pic or three 

H 

[Barry Robertson]

Heres a couple of wee green tailled kates that have been doing well for me lately!



 

[Hamish Young]

Nice - try one or two with a hot pink tail........ 

H