RE: [VFB] fishing report - Chilli Pepper - Tony

[Niclas Runarsson]

Title: Meddelande

Here's a picture of a Chili that looks exactly like the one Tony sent me. If he told me that it is in fact that SPECIFIC fly that is on the picture, I wouldn't be surprised. The only difference is the seventh hackle from the right should be a little bit less angled backwards on mine... but on the other hand, that might have been caused by rough handling in the mail.  ;o)   A very good version was also born when I taught my tying class how to tie it, with all the materials in black!! The reason for that was just my material collection at that time... black was the only way to make it uniformly colored. I, of course told the guys about the original colors though. But an interesting fact is that a few of these guys has still never tied it originally colored... the Black Pepper was so good that they haven't felt the urge to change. I also spoke to Murf on the phone just before I was going out to send him the IOFF Swap flies. I mentioned this and he seemed interested, so I rushed to rip the package open again and packed down one to him too as another extra. I wonder if he has tried it.........   I have done some experimenting with it too (sorry Tony) and a good tail is also a quite fluffy bit of fox tail. (Cutting the hairs all the way in at the patch and cutting the tips to length.) With a not too fat amount, that will make it too compact to move, it will still be very alive in the water... at the same time as it doesn't tangle up in the hook bend as much as marabou can do. Another trick I've used is the one a friend taught me... to tie a teardrop formed monofilament loop that behind the hook (a little bit angled down) that will lie UNDER the tail and stop it from from falling down too far.   /Nick     -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 28 februari 2006 04:05 Till: vfb@troutnet.com Ämne: Re: [VFB] fishing report - Chilli Pepper - Tony In a message dated 2/27/2006 19:37:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: oops in case you didnt see my other message Tony I was after a photo and pattern for the Chilli Pepper,   thanks Ian Ian:    Here's the version that's up on the VFB. http://www.virtualflybox.com/patterns/pattern.php?id=1009   A bit different from the version Tony showed me many moons ago.  If you lose the epoxy head and the 3-D eyes, you have the pattern Tony showed me.  Red fabric paint for the eye and black fabric paint for the pupil.  I sure Tony will correct any errors I've made.  Haven't used it much for trout but it and the White River Demon are the only buggers I carry in my box.   Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."