littlelehigh
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- Dec 16, 2008
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I'm having alittle trouble determining proper proportioning of some of my flies.
For example:
nymph tail should be length of hook shaft (sometimes this looks long depending on materials. To be safe is it better to be short or long?).
Abdomen and thorax should be of equal length.
Thorax should be twice the diameter of abdomen.
When tying in legs are they suppose to be the length of the thorax, slightly longer or the length of thorax and abdomen combined? This is what I have the most trouble with because making them the length of the thorax or slightly longer does not look right.
I am pretty confident wingcases are to be size of hook gape as well as such flies as elk hair caddis the wing should extend 1 hook gape over the back of body.
Just trying to get things straight please correct me on anything I am wrong about also looking for a rule of thumb such as shorter is better than longer etc.
Also I think I heard before sparse is better than to much even if it does not look that great to the eye.
I know ultimately let the fish be the judge but spring seems a long way off and never actually fishing the patterns I am tying makes time drag even longer.......
Thanks
For example:
nymph tail should be length of hook shaft (sometimes this looks long depending on materials. To be safe is it better to be short or long?).
Abdomen and thorax should be of equal length.
Thorax should be twice the diameter of abdomen.
When tying in legs are they suppose to be the length of the thorax, slightly longer or the length of thorax and abdomen combined? This is what I have the most trouble with because making them the length of the thorax or slightly longer does not look right.
I am pretty confident wingcases are to be size of hook gape as well as such flies as elk hair caddis the wing should extend 1 hook gape over the back of body.
Just trying to get things straight please correct me on anything I am wrong about also looking for a rule of thumb such as shorter is better than longer etc.
Also I think I heard before sparse is better than to much even if it does not look that great to the eye.
I know ultimately let the fish be the judge but spring seems a long way off and never actually fishing the patterns I am tying makes time drag even longer.......
Thanks