Floodtide 4/0 XL - a redo.

[eunanhendron]

I wasnt happy with floodtide i posted the other day, for various reasons - the head, the hook size, the hidden underwing etc etc etc.

So monday night, i set about making it again, I did the wing, then half the body, last night I finished the body, mounted the wing and cleaned it all up.

Kelson's Floodtide on a 4/0XL reworked Sunday Limerick.

Hope you like it, and if you look at the other one i posted a few days back, you'll see this one is 100 times better, and perhaps the best fly i've ever tied.

 

[Love2fish]

WOW!!!! Everytime you post a fly I am simply amazed at what you have created.

 

[McSneek]

Really nice. Love the colors and I think the black background really makes them pop. How much total time do you think you put in to tying this one?

 

[eunanhendron]

Thanks guys.

This one took a while.
Forming the wing, as single strands, took one and half hours on monday night.
Then i did the tag, tail, and half the body. about another hour and half.
Last night i finished the body, mounted the under wing and main wing, topping sides and head. About another hour and half.

Total about 4 and half hours

heres a photo of the wings formed and the hook the fly is tied on, before i even put thread to hook.

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[whheff]

It is a beauty.
Bill

 

[FrequentTyer]

100 times better?? You really are your own worst critic!
Both are beautiful, but his one is clearly something special. Nice work.
Mike.

 

[barbless]

Gorgeous fly.

I'm liking the fanwing March Brown? in your avatar, too.

You hardly see fanwings any more. I think it was A J McClane who said that much of the effectiveness of the once-popular fanwing Royal Coachman had to do with the fact that it laid down so easy on the water. They do tend to twist the tippet, tho.

 

[GRP]

Man, watching you tie on Saturday and seeing the finished flies in person really shows what kind of patience and dedication you have to tying beautiful flies. A true work of art.