Tooty "Mystery Challenge" fly

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Comment by james bluto gillette on January 4, 2014 at 5:38pm

now I have to start over u copied me lol just kidding ill have pics up in a few

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 5:33pm

yeah Bill that would work.

Im looking at this intending to hackle the fly in the manner of the classic dry fly, "Renegade." Of course it wouldnt float, but the fore and aft hackle feature has intrigued me. What I really need is some smaller sized hackle on there to get my result. This was just some random stuff pulled from the bin. As is, the hackle should offer a lot of movement.

Comment by Bill Purmort on January 4, 2014 at 5:01pm

If you cut the hackle on the top and bottom then the long ones on each side would just be really long legs...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 4:11pm

Could use some refinement, Tooty, but its a prototype.
Smaller hackle, more taper, proportional tail.... Yeah "Mysterio" is a keeper worth developing.
Ive tried a shellac wing HACKLELESS fly, too, and now.I've come up with fly #2 thanks to the Tooty Challenge.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 4:05pm

Could use some refinement, Tooty, but its a prototype.
Smaller hackle, more taper, proportional tail.... Yeah "Mysterio" is a keeper worth developing.

PS Ive come up with fly #2 for the Tooty Challenge, strictly by serendipitous happenstance.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 4, 2014 at 9:58am

MYSTERIO HUGH DAVID, SEE THIS DIDN'T TAKE LONG BUDDY AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT MYSELF , AND DOUBT ANYONE ELSE HAS EITHER!!!! GREAT JOB AND REMEMBER" WE'RE ONLY LIMITED BY OUR IMAGINATIONS " and this is a perfect example of that.
  BLUTO NOW IT'S YOUR TURN BUDDY.........

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 8:28am

Well, Jeff - Thanks. It was wholly off the cuff, a "gauntlet challenge" thrown down by Tooty in the chat room.

I used white/dark combinations because under most conditions, these can be seen well by the fish. IMHO, we underestimate this as we rush to every lurid color scheme we can think of.

Once in the water, however, most colors soon wash out and ultimately pass into shades of grey. This is because the amount of light available at depth is restricted on all but the clearest water. Everything from wind ripple to algae to dispersed solids hampers the passage of light into the waters depths. You are very familiar with this, as the swampy, estuarine waters you frequent are loaded with tannins and other detritus. In a broad analysis, only blue remains below about 20 feet, and even that becomes more like "dark" than anything else. The first go? Red and its spectrum kin. My bet is your beloved pink appears like white after 5 feet.

But all that aside, I like the way you think. I see what you are saying.

I think the tail could be done better, and the camera hides the sparkling shimmer of the "egg sack's" Peacock Crystal Dubbing. But as a concept, it may offer a lot of movement, contrast and segmentation effect. These are key elements of good attractor patterns.

Tell you what - Ill send it to you and you can try it.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 4, 2014 at 7:19am

Nice.....a little hackle to slow the fall......an olive egg sack on a white body........this is a nice one David...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 6:39am

"Mysterio"

Tooty said, "come up with one that no one has seen, a new one that you dream up."

Here yo go Tooty -  the "Mysterio" is born.

Comment by Mark Stine on January 4, 2014 at 5:45am

look out gills!!

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