"Ken, Carolyn, Alex and Hershel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anyone who ties GPs put any kind of flash in them?If so -- what and where?Any suggestions on what colors beside the traditional orange and black? I've seen a pattern for chartruse? Any others?ThanksKen MacGillivrayKEN,As I have used GPs on occasion,the Last trip to Vancouver Island I had an assortment with me, I'll tell you some of the ways i tye them. You can add flash to them, thought i avoid adding alot as I like the way the fly is regularly tyed. However, you can dub the body with "Super Bright Dubbing", Ice Dubbing, or some of the Scintilla stuff. all three of them have alot of flash(Antron or other synthetics) in thier make up. I used the Super bright Dubbing(by Wapsi) on the ones i took to BC; great dubbing that will add enough flash in my book. I'd imagine you could add afew strands of krystal flash of a matching colour under the Golden pheasent body feathers you use for the wings, even a few strands in the tail(feelers) would work just fine. the Colours I've used are the original orange(you could "soup it up" to Hot Orange if you like), Black & Purple. I've seen Chartreuse, pink & red versions in various sources.You can weight them or not Weight them, for summer use I'd stir clear of weight on them...the "irons" you tye them on will sink them just fine. However, as you mentioned to me you were going to take up Winter Steelhead fishing, add weight to the underbodies. depending on hook size you can go all the way up to .035 un-lead wire. only weight the front area on the hooks, if you weight the entire shank, the hook will flip over & ride inverted...which is fine to avoid snagging the bottom, but if you've tyed the fly "right way" on the hook it will be swimming upside down....oh yeah, i'll try to find the dressing, but there is a General Practitioner that is a simpler dressing & it's tyed with Marabou for the hackles...sure looks sweet swimming in the water. On the regular GPs, you can use Schlappen for the hackles to get alot more movement in the flies when them swim thru a run or hole...hope this helps....
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