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Briminators
Just a few, in many colors.
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 4, 2014 at 7:12am
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The "Brim-in-ator," Lucky, as reference to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, "The Terminator."
Tooty wanted to see them, so here they is.
This fly is created from a single body feather, bead eyes and some dubbing. The originals used a phesants' "Church Window" plume, but I've tried it with several different types. These are just a few examples:
Green: No name, dyed turkey
Brown: Goose breast feather
Red: Dyed pheasant
Orange: Dyed rooster saddle hackle
The Briminator is tied in 4 sequences
1. Eyes - standard bead chain attachment, just behind the hook eye. You can also use dumbells, or beads.
2. Tail - strip off one side of the fluff from the feathers base, and tie it in.
3. Body - Strip off the other half of the fluff and use a portion of it to dub on a body.
4. Hackle - remaining fibers of feather, tied in at tip and wound on as collar behind the eyes.
5. Head - Use remaining portion of fluff to dub a head around the eyes, figure-8 fashion.
ALTERNATE... I want a contrasting head on these, so I used some dark dubbing on the head. Other people use a thread wrapped head to keep it tidy, but most users believe the shaggier the fly the better it catches fish.
Sometimes Briminators are tied with dubbed bodies of hare, Antron, or other material. Thats how the fly's creator did it. A guy named Tony Guzman from Texas came up with it, and he is said to have used hares dubbing and a chicken feather on his. I believe the single pheasant feather concept was inspired by Jack Gartside and his devotion to the pheasant as a DO ALL source of tying material. In researching the now deceased Mr. Gartside, I stumbled upon the Briminator. It is reputed to be a gill slayer. I havent determined that yet.
Some links for the Briminator, if youre interested:
http://www.warmfly.com/smf/index.php?topic=3084.0
As a bead head - http://ultralightflyfishing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=3338
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Comment by dick tabbert on January 4, 2014 at 1:07am
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