whheff
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dc410 wrote:
whheff,
Nice idea! You got my wheels turnin' on that one. What size hooks did you use and how did you attach the rear hook to the front one? I wonder if it would be better to leave the rear hook intact and clip the front one? Just a few things flying through my mind. That idea might work well for an Iso nymph with as active as they are. Something else to add to the list of things to experiment with at the tying bench. Thanks for sharing.
dc410 wrote:
Bill,
I tried one of the articulated Iso nymphs using your style. Overall, I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I used (2) size 16 nymph hooks and attached them together the same way that you did (but I used 3X instead of 5X because I just happened to have a spool of it laying there by my tying table). The overall length is about 20 mm, a little bit longer than the average iso nymph. It is a pretty "busy" pattern to tie on these size hooks but it was fun. I used 14/0 brown thread due to the amount of materials that I included in the pattern to try to reduce the amount of thread build up as I tied it. I used some of lv2nymph's red mink fur that he gave me for the dubbed body (mink fur is great stuff, thanks again, Jack). I wouldn't really want to try to tie them on anything smaller. Thanks again, these kinds of threads get me thinking which is a part of fly tying that I really enjoy!
whheff wrote:
That Iso looks great. I agree with you about tying this style on smaller hooks. The size 18 I used for the back of mine was about as small as I want to go too.
Which hook did you cut off? The reason I cut the back hook on my fly was because it was tied in the round style, it didn't have to be tied to the front hook so the hook would hang down correctly. Also, the front hook had a bigger gap to hook a fish with.
I feel that the articulation will over ride the length issue. Also, that red mink makes that fly pop.
Leteras wrote:
Here is an articulated nymph my buddy ties.