Some flies from recent attempts....

[clydebuilt]

Hi all,

I have recently been busy at the vice tying up various patterns for the coming season and thoyght id post a few pics to see what your thoughts were.
Now, these are a kinda PBP's crossed with a Francis type (with whatever else is thrown in there).
Ive also attached some wee BMD doubles (hopefully for the grilse later)
I'm up for some constructive criticism ie proportions etc as this is my first attempt at pot belly variants.....so be gentle... ;D
Cheers
Clydebuilt

[hardygem]

Well done clydebuilt i'm sure all these are potential fish takers >i like the tapered bodies and the colours look really great

I,ve been tying recently here are some of my efforts

sorry about the picture i haven't got the hang of this yet but if you click on the photo it does open up

[easky]

clydebuilt said:

Hi all,

I have recently been busy at the vice tying up various patterns for the coming season and thoyght id post a few pics to see what your thoughts were.
Now, these are a kinda PBP's crossed with a Francis type (with whatever else is thrown in there).
Ive also attached some wee BMD doubles (hopefully for the grilse later)
I'm up for some constructive criticism ie proportions etc as this is my first attempt at pot belly variants.....so be gentle... ;D
Cheers
Clydebuilt
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I think they look good and should all do the trick

how do you find the BMB hooks, they look quite short shanks with very wide gaps?

[clydebuilt]

Hardygem,
Those flies look great, very shrimpy. Have you used fox tail in the big orange patterns?

easky,
I quite like the look of the BMD hooks, doddle to tie on so hpefully they will swim well in the water.
I use them on snake fly patterns aswell and they seem to give a better "keel" action with the longer bodies, i've yet to swim them but i'm sure they'll be ok.
Incidently, the sizing seems a little off, maybe thats just down to the large gape but they do seem larger somehow!

Cheers
Clydebuilt

[speycaster]

bmd s are great mate the bodys on the tubes look a bit to big for my taste but a job well done sure to catch on em tight lines

[clydebuilt]

Cheers speycaster,

I was trying to stick to the "carrot" shaped bodies which is how i interpreted the Frances type bodies, crossed with a PBP does give a chunkier fly i have to admit.
I do prefer a sparser fly myself but you never know!!
I will be tying up some slimmer patterns for thinner water and hopefully they'll do the buisness this year.
I, like you, quite like the BMD's, both for attaching to tubes and waddies but also for tying on, can't really tell the difference between the BMD's and the Loop tube doubles, except of course the extra £3 for the Loops!

Cheers
CB

[macd]

very nice, particularly like the doubles.

[hardygem]

Hi clydebuilt , Yes the flies tied on the big salar doubles all have arctic fox but not from foxy tails i haven't tried them yet ,i'm still using up my wee packets

[easky]

must get a look some bmb's - I tie mostly on trebles but am thinking of starting to try doubles as well

[speycaster]

ifind i lose less fish when using we doubles instead of trebles ,one of the reasons for this is if the fish turns while taking the fly the third hook can be used as a lever by the fish to free itself from the hook , this year all my seatrout have been hooked on singles and the hook up rate has not altered at all tight lines billy p

[kelliefly]

For my fly, check this link

[kelliefly]

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[johnmac]

looks tasty Grant!