Comments on: Not yet a fly, not even rational thought. Blame Nyquil.

By: alli

alli — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:06:34 +0000

i might have fly rods with lesser value than that fly

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:33 +0000

I’m looking forward to hearing about how it looks and reacts when wet.

Might also make for some interesting salmon/saltwater flies.

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:11:34 +0000

Yessir,

I’ve cut the center out completely and it holds together fine. Wrapped it as hackle, burnt it using wingcase burners – and a variety of tests concluded already.

It’s the color and texture that make it compelling; it’s softer than silk, and bright as a peacock … interesting as hell to work with.

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:04:03 +0000

“What makes it difficult is the 4-strand stitch up the center. It’s unnecessary as a structural component, yet something I’ll have to work around.”

Have you tried taking a razor and cutting it down the middle? Not sure how it would hold up afterwards, but it might make it easier to work with.

By: Jean-Paul Lipton

Jean-Paul Lipton — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:45:41 +0000

I would think the bass would hammer this fly, it kind of looks like a redbreasted sunfish, pumkinseed, or even a perch. If that;s the case, walleyes, pike and muskie will feast on this badboy.

Of course, this pattern would be equally effective for larger peacocks. Looks like we’ll have to hold one of our brownline conclaves in FL, with Pete showing us the way.

By: kbarton10

kbarton10 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:41:59 +0000

It’s a interesting looking material – looks like the shiny part of a peacock eye, and it has every color in the spectrum in one ball.

The “what to do with it” is the hard part.

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:37:21 +0000

I like the way you’re crediting NyQuil for this. I had no idea it was such a powerful drug – kind of like Absinthe. I’m thinking of trying it next week.

“Where the hell have you been the past four days?”

“Uh, can’t really remember. Fishing, I think. Don’t know what got into me. Must have been the NyQuil.”

I’ll let you know how it works out.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:21:52 +0000

I’m honored.

You know what I’d like to try that for, especially the 6″ version? Pike. I bet it would be deadly.