Silver stoat Templedog

[tynetraveller]

MacD asked me to put up this fly- My no.1 pattern in clear water



Thread: Red
Butt: fine silver wire
Tail: Yellow cock hackle fibres
Body: Silver holo tinsel
body hackle: palmered grizzle cock hackle
rib: fine silver wire
Wing 1: pearl gliss n' glow
wing 2: black templedog
wing 3: pearl gliss n' glow
wing 4: black templedog
Front hackle: black schlappen or webby cock
wing 5: pearl gliss n' glow
wing 6: black templedog
Cheeks: Junglecock ( should be longer than these, but I am running out!)
Wing 7: three red-died peacock herl

Tried to do a step-by-step, but the light is too dull today for indoor photography!

[ibm59]

Hard to beat black and silver at any time of the year. Got to have the JC though. Just doesn't seem to work the same without it.
Top of the list of patterns for me. B.

[easky]

very nice fly tynetraveller

[DAZ]

I agree with easky.

Lovely looking pattern.

DAZ.

P.S....I think the JC looks spot on.

[macd]

Many thanks for that TT. Lovely looking fly.

Ross

[wilbert]

Great looking fly, The palmered body looks good its a pity i don't know / have never tried to do them so looking forward to seeing a step by step guide for a few pointers.

[granters]

Wilbert,

You'll be surprised how easy it is to palmer a body. It's one of those great things that looks complicated but is in fact very simple. All you do is leave your ribbing (some sort of wire normally) hanging loose at the end of the fly. Then wind your palmer hackle back down the body the required amount of turns. Leave it hanging still in your hackle pliers at the end of the body and wind ribbing up the body in the opposte direction. Finally, trim the waste end (still in the pliers) and that's it.

Tynetraveller, that's a great looking fly too