List & Rene, This is Chappy's site: http://www.chappysguide.com/html/chili_pepper_ii.html
Rene, I tied two versions for the swap- an orange version- 'Chili-Don-Carne' and then an olive version called 'Green Chile-Don-Carne'. They are the same (or close to) except for the colors, so you probably have a green one and are comparing it to the orange one that Chappy has posted on his site. The orange one was mine, and the green version was Veronica's idea. The 'hackle' I used was 1.5" wide 'Pseudo Hackle' in gold and green (comes in many colors). This is a fringe material that they've modified the mfg. process on. It has two side-ribs and a normally a cross-weave of small dia. fibers attached to the side-ribs. But on this material for fly-tying, they've omitted the longways fibers so that only the side-to-side fibers remain, like a very fine ladder-effect. By cutting the cross-fibers down the middle, I get two 'half-hackles' than can then be palmered or rope-dubbed into the dubbing rope. By varying how close to either side I cut, I can adjust the length of the half-hackle, or even taper the fibers from short to long by cutting on a diagonal. The Pseudo-Hackle also comes in 'sparkle', but the lengthwise fibers still remain, and they have to be pulled out once the cut down the middle is done = one more step, but easily do-able. I've looked for this lace in the Hobby Shops, but can't find this particular stuff. The dubbing for my Pepper-swap flies was very-varied within the two colors. I made sparkle-chennilles out of blends of synthetic dubbing mixed with Ice-dubbing. Some were Cactus Chennilles. Sometimes I roped the syn-hackles with-in the rope, and sometimes I created stronger segments by palmering it after roping. This is OK, to palmer it because the two edge-strips on the PH lace are very strong and will hold up to some chewing. I have tied some saltwater versions using bite-tippet and wire for the rope core, and then roped the Pseudo-hackle (white/blue)with the dubbing ( crysta l ice-dub) to make a hackled chennille rope that is virtually chew-proof for Sierras, bluefish, kings, etc. See article on Byard's VFB site, and just sub the synthetic hackle for the feather hackle in the roping process. Put dubbing on both sides of hackle to hide the stem completely. Hope this is what you needed. Send me your address and I'll mail you a package of samples, since it might be hard to find over there. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: [VFB] Chilli II / Don O > List and Don., > > I finally found the time to run through the CP II flies and to have a > close look at any of them, awesome... > I downloaded Chappy's pics and tried to identify every fly. But there is > one, I cannot find. It's very close to Don's fly, but has not these > dumbell (sp?) eyes, but a regular bead head, and the collar is from lime > greene thread. Tail and body is light olive. The body'hackle' is > identical (or verrry, verrry close) to Don's version. > > Don, is that your fly, or Veronica's??? And, how is the body made? For > sure, rope dubbed, but what material? It doesn't look close to awesome hair. > > BTW, the pics are great too, load them down and you get a full screen > pic with tons of details. Chappy, thanks a lot for this work.. > > Rene > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.20/1108 - Release Date: 11/3/2007 9:42 PM > >
