I'm needing to use a fly in a photo. Specifically I'm looking for a fly that uses blue, sort of the royal/kingfisher blue. So I'm thinking that salmon/steelhead patterns are where I'm going to find that.
I need the pattern to be fairly compact, so the MOALs and stinger-hook 4 inch patterns are probably ruled out. And my skills are NOT up to tying a fancy atlantic salmon pattern!
Ideally I'd like to find something like the skunk or traditional hair-wing kind of pattern that has a body, wing, and some hackle up front..something like that. I could make something up, like just swapping blue in for hackle on a mostly black pattern. The fly doesn't need to be all-blue!! Just a solid dose of it somewhere fairly visible. IOW, a blue body that is mostly covered by hackle or 'bou wouldn't work as well.
If someone knows of or can think of a pattern that's not too crazy to tie but uses some amount of blue, I'd appreciate hearing about it. I've got some dyed guinea and some schlappen/hackle in that color. I've got some ice dubbing in that blue, and some more royal-traditional blue wire as well. (The only marabou I have is more of sky/ice blue...)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. a reasonably large trout pattern would be fine too, or I guess just about anything--bass, etc.
I need the pattern to be fairly compact, so the MOALs and stinger-hook 4 inch patterns are probably ruled out. And my skills are NOT up to tying a fancy atlantic salmon pattern!
Ideally I'd like to find something like the skunk or traditional hair-wing kind of pattern that has a body, wing, and some hackle up front..something like that. I could make something up, like just swapping blue in for hackle on a mostly black pattern. The fly doesn't need to be all-blue!! Just a solid dose of it somewhere fairly visible. IOW, a blue body that is mostly covered by hackle or 'bou wouldn't work as well.
If someone knows of or can think of a pattern that's not too crazy to tie but uses some amount of blue, I'd appreciate hearing about it. I've got some dyed guinea and some schlappen/hackle in that color. I've got some ice dubbing in that blue, and some more royal-traditional blue wire as well. (The only marabou I have is more of sky/ice blue...)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. a reasonably large trout pattern would be fine too, or I guess just about anything--bass, etc.
