Charity auction flies

This is more a vintage pike fly than anything else and am sure after the 1st couple of pike it will be completely mullard but with this I used a clump of Peacock hurl feathers,a peacock eye feather and 3 red sparkle xmas pipe cleaners.

I started by tying on at the back the peacock eye feather. Then wrapped 3 red xmas tinsel pipe cleaners all along the hook shaft to the eye. Then added 15 or so peacock hurls as far forward as I could. Stuck a couple of contrasting yellow/silver eyes on.....jobs a good en!

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This started out as a vintage fly but ended up more like an alien bug.I had it in the test tank in Sweden though and it looked amazing under the water.

Yes, maybe a bit decadent for a pike fly but as you know with me as long as I catch a fish with it that's all that matters to me. Total length 120 mm.

Vintage pike flies

I spend a lot of time trawling the net as well as through old books looking for vintage pike flies. Whether its my fascination with the history of the sport through the ages,I don't know. One things for sure though and that is pike fly design and material use has changed drastically over the years. Far more so than say Trout or Salmon flies which seem to have stood the test of time. Anyway I had a few peacock feathers milling around the mancave, so I tied them on to a hook the other night. Added Olive then Blue polar chenille along the hook shaft.then tied on 5 peacock hurl feathers,stuck a couple of eyes on and there we have it. Cant see it lasting it all that long but that's fine by me...as long as I'm able to fool a snotrocket into taking it,its done its job.


I'll be interested to see how this swims and what I need to do to get the best out of it. The feather has a rather stiff vein running through it up until the middle of the blue eye which bodes well as the tail section is extremely loose and will give off a wonderful fluttering action.


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