Great work

 

I can't speak for the salmon, but they'd certainly catch a lot of anglers!

My grandfather always said the salmon flies were tied to catch anglers rather than fish.

 

If I remember correctly, even George Kelson owned up to that!

 

Keep at it. 👍
You’ll get the hang of it eventually 🫣😂


























Lovely , as always , Gary. 🙂

 

Brilliant Fruin👍

 

Lovely tied I love classics

 

Very nice work 👏

 

Stunning tieing Fruin, thanks for sharing.

 

Quality flees Gary 👊

 

You have a genuine talent for this - I most certainly do not! I am slightly curious as every dressing recipie I have seen for the Silver Doctor has a Bronze Mallard overlay to the mixed wing? Also, I thought the head cover was red wool. From the picture it looks to be something different (albeit red). What do you use as your source for dressings - is it Kelson?

Regards

NHP

p.s. I have a soft spot for a Silver Doctor. After a couple of Blue Charms it was a couple of these I bought with my pocket money from Dicksons (Edinburgh) back in 1980. I still have one of them.

 

Thanks. Yeah, there are thin slips of bronze mallard there; just very thin and not so obvious in the photo. Yes, it is red wool, dubbed lightly on the tying tread at the head. I also have a soft spot for a Silver Doctor, a very effective fishing fly.
As for sources, I often change my reference point to keep it interesting. I will use patterns by Kelson, Pryce Tannat, Maxwell, Francis, among others. I tend to pick the patterns on a whim or on what materials I have available.

 

Gorgeous, perfect from where im sitting.

 

Aye Gary your getting a bit rough these days

 

Beautiful irons and perfectly tied flies, wing on the Silver Doctor extrimly exeptional, Cheers!