Chartreuse Chanteuse
'Chartreuse' ... a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse.
'Chanteuse' ... a woman who is a cabaret or nightclub singer.
I hope to sing with this pretty lady pictured here. :-) Why 'lady'? I don't know, really. But, somehow, it looks like a lady. And anyway, see that nice shiny black head? That's clear Sally Hansen "Hard As Nails" nail polish over black tying thread. :-) [Did you just get a mental picture of me going up to the cosmetic counter at Wal-Mart asking for Sally Hansen nail polish? LOL! Hope not. 'Cause it didn't happen.]
I have been tying my own flies now for many years, but recently I have been creating my own designs as well. If you think it's satisfying to catch a fish on a fly that you've tied yourself, let me assure you ... it pales in comparison to catching one on a fly that you've not only tied yourself, but created as well!
A number of years ago now, I tested the waters of the Pinware River in Labrador with my first creation. It has proved so successful ... not just there, but on any river I've fished ... that it's my 'go to' fly, my 'bread and butter' fly. Sorry, no pun intended. :-) I've been so successful with it, that some seasons that's all I use. Really! My fly tin ... and I usually carry at least three ... holds 196 flies ... four leaves, each of which has seven rows, and each row holds seven flies ... but at least 25 or 30 of those 196 flies are that fly I designed ... in various sizes. The ten pound fish I hooked and landed on opening day was taken on that fly, as a matter of fact.
It is not the fly you see here! :-) It doesn't even have a name. In fact, there's only one other fisherman besides myself who's seen that fly ... and used it. He's been almost as successful with it as me:-) And, I'm pretty sure he's not going to tell.
No. This fly you see here is hot off the drawing board ... just finished tying it. I've tied it in a couple of variations and I've got a really good feeling about it! It glows with an inner light. Uncharacteristically, I've given it a name before it's even hit the water. And, I've shown it to anyone who cares to look here on Flickr. Maybe I've jinxed it. :-) If so, no big deal. I've got at least a half dozen other brand new creations I can try.
This is not held in my tying vise, by the way. It's held in a pair of needle nose pliers with one hand while I took the shot with the camera in the other. No tripod. Just lazy, I guess. The backdrop is grey sky ... something that we seem to be stuck with this spring.
Chartreuse Chanteuse
'Chartreuse' ... a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse.
'Chanteuse' ... a woman who is a cabaret or nightclub singer.
I hope to sing with this pretty lady pictured here. :-) Why 'lady'? I don't know, really. But, somehow, it looks like a lady. And anyway, see that nice shiny black head? That's clear Sally Hansen "Hard As Nails" nail polish over black tying thread. :-) [Did you just get a mental picture of me going up to the cosmetic counter at Wal-Mart asking for Sally Hansen nail polish? LOL! Hope not. 'Cause it didn't happen.]
I have been tying my own flies now for many years, but recently I have been creating my own designs as well. If you think it's satisfying to catch a fish on a fly that you've tied yourself, let me assure you ... it pales in comparison to catching one on a fly that you've not only tied yourself, but created as well!
A number of years ago now, I tested the waters of the Pinware River in Labrador with my first creation. It has proved so successful ... not just there, but on any river I've fished ... that it's my 'go to' fly, my 'bread and butter' fly. Sorry, no pun intended. :-) I've been so successful with it, that some seasons that's all I use. Really! My fly tin ... and I usually carry at least three ... holds 196 flies ... four leaves, each of which has seven rows, and each row holds seven flies ... but at least 25 or 30 of those 196 flies are that fly I designed ... in various sizes. The ten pound fish I hooked and landed on opening day was taken on that fly, as a matter of fact.
It is not the fly you see here! :-) It doesn't even have a name. In fact, there's only one other fisherman besides myself who's seen that fly ... and used it. He's been almost as successful with it as me:-) And, I'm pretty sure he's not going to tell.
No. This fly you see here is hot off the drawing board ... just finished tying it. I've tied it in a couple of variations and I've got a really good feeling about it! It glows with an inner light. Uncharacteristically, I've given it a name before it's even hit the water. And, I've shown it to anyone who cares to look here on Flickr. Maybe I've jinxed it. :-) If so, no big deal. I've got at least a half dozen other brand new creations I can try.
This is not held in my tying vise, by the way. It's held in a pair of needle nose pliers with one hand while I took the shot with the camera in the other. No tripod. Just lazy, I guess. The backdrop is grey sky ... something that we seem to be stuck with this spring.