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Nice Stephen 👌. What light are you using?
TOTM March 2023 - Brrrrr...... Its "BRASS MONKEYS" out there!
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I’m not sure as I have disposed of the box a long time ago. But I do know it was £20 from Lidl and is a small wireless table lamp 👍
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Here is my entry
I went with the more classic colours but with a little bit of my own touch 😀
Tubing is futurefly 1.8 and 3.0 mm (10 mm brass tube).
Tail is pink craft fur.
Body starts with some pearl tinsel and finishes with golden yellow dubbing from salmo supreme.
Wing 1 is yellow polarbear.
Wing 2 is fox sunburst yellow.
Wing 3 is black temple dog.
2 strains of silverflash and 3 peacock herls.
Hackle are rooster feather.
And finished with some JC cheeks and a silver ufo disc from futurefly
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I went with the more classic colours but with a little bit of my own touch 😀
Tubing is futurefly 1.8 and 3.0 mm (10 mm brass tube).
Tail is pink craft fur.
Body starts with some pearl tinsel and finishes with golden yellow dubbing from salmo supreme.
Wing 1 is yellow polarbear.
Wing 2 is fox sunburst yellow.
Wing 3 is black temple dog.
2 strains of silverflash and 3 peacock herls.
Hackle are rooster feather.
And finished with some JC cheeks and a silver ufo disc from futurefly
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Lovely wing that 👌
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Thank you!
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I can see you like your tubes, thats a nicely balanced dressing
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Thanks Ian!
Yes, I think ive fished a hook fly once or twice in my whole life when fishing for salmon or sea trout, even when I use the very small ones in 2-4 cm I use a tube fly with a lose hook just fixated with a bit of tubing to keep it straight
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These are flies I'm quite familiar with however I believe that thus far Tony Mac has set the bar rather high
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Well then Ard, why don't you get going and see if you can set the bar a wee but higherThese are flies I'm quite familiar with however I believe that thus far Tony Mac has set the bar rather high
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Took the words right out of my mouth! 😁Well then Ard, why don't you get going and see if you can set the bar a wee but higher
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Great tying
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Not sure what are the criteria for a Monkey, but...
-body; fluorescent green, yellow and bright red
-wing; black Bucktail and two bunches of Monkey
- hologram eyes
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-body; fluorescent green, yellow and bright red
-wing; black Bucktail and two bunches of Monkey
- hologram eyes
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Thought I’d have a go this month as I’ve been tying myself some monkeys for my spring trips anyway.
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Glad to see another with a nice long wing.
Most that I looked at online had far longer wings than many posted this month. A lot aren't that much longer than a standard hairwing. Being completely new to this style, I thought I had copied something completely wrong. 😊😂
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Ok, here's my effort for this month. I tried to create a sort of Calvin Monkey thing. It's ok I suppose but not as my minds eye had it.
Orange inner/outer futurefly tubing
Tag/Rib: Gold med oval
Body: Orange Holo Tinsel
Wing 1: Red Tunuki
Wing 2: Orange Tunuki
wing 3: Magenta Tunuki
Flash: Few strands of sybia bright gold
Hackle: Orange Hen
Wing 4: Orange Goat
Jungle Cock
Orange Conehead
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Orange inner/outer futurefly tubing
Tag/Rib: Gold med oval
Body: Orange Holo Tinsel
Wing 1: Red Tunuki
Wing 2: Orange Tunuki
wing 3: Magenta Tunuki
Flash: Few strands of sybia bright gold
Hackle: Orange Hen
Wing 4: Orange Goat
Jungle Cock
Orange Conehead
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I really like that as a type of Sunray!!
It is missing a wee thing to be a Monkey tho........
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No it doesn't it is a solid hair.
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