Here's a one material wet fly tied with copper wire and antron or poly yarn. No thread, no bobbin. Lately I have been tying these with mohair instead of antron or poly. Dirt cheap and simple to tie.
http://edEngelman.com/PolyCopper/PolyCopper.html Also check out Vlad Markov's site for his deer hair (only) beetle and ant. Simple Elegant Effective Also Vlad's Knotted Midge. (Black hackle and thread) A fun fly to tie and fish is Tony Spezio's single plume marabou damsel. This was my first one material fly and still a favorite. It can be found on the VFB web site. I have also tied a zero material fly, and catch pan fish with it regularly. Actually, it is a thread only fly. http://EdEngelman.com/ThreadOnly/ThreadOnly.html Somewhere I have a list of 22 one material flies. The mohair leech is one of them that I would not like to be without. My new flies are what I call foraged flies. I take a walk and then come home and tie with whatever I've found. It could be anything from grouse, crow, or turkey feathers, to the foil linings from cigarette packages. Ed Engelman At 01:45 PM 5/5/02, you wrote: > I have heard many people on the list talk about one plume flies. > doese anyone have a pattern for these. A web site? Any input on these > single material wonders? > I have tried to tie with only one material, with a minimal of > sucess. The one pattern I do like is the marabou streamer as tied by Jack > Gartside, the soft hackle streamer. I tie it without the front hackles > most of the time. > I also tied a simple minnow.that only uses mylar tubing. Not a bad fly. > Regards, > Del > > >How about two feathers Del... <http://www.virtualflybox.com/f0000/f0050.html> > >keep tyin'...byard > >Byard Miller >Line's End Inc <http://www.linesend.com> >Virtual Flybox <http://www.virtualflybox.com>
