Friday, 19 February 2010

Kinky Muddler result!



Tying flies is all very well BUT it is completely pointless unless you are going to fish them or have them fished!

Last night I decided to tie up a pattern I'd seen on a US based forum - it is by a talented tyer called Johnny King and the fly is called a Kinky Muddler... I had a little play and this is a very imperfect first attempt at this tie... I used white for the underside and the top wing a combination of shrimp, pink and black marker pen with a little blue flash... as I say it was a play... craft eyes were bonded in place.
So this morning I woke to a hard frost and decided a trip to the trout fishery was not on! Too cold... so I went for a mooch nearer home... To cut a long story short I had a follow and then a boil from a bigger fish behind the fly and then a cast that resulted in this jack... nice to have the string pulled.

1 comment:

David Edwards said...

Ken... you tie a fly to fish it... get it in the water and get a fish on! I don't have my ties hanging around the house... in a wallet ready to go with the prime intention of catching. Now whether I do or not is another question!

Cheers

David

PS the kinky muddler did!