First Married Wing Spey

[swiftcurrent]

Was playing around and came up with this 1/0 Spey. Will see how it fishes.

 

[Dozer]

I wouldn't fish that, I'd mount it on the wall. Amazing tie

 

[swiftcurrent]

Thanks. The Married wings are kind of cool to play around with. I learn something new with every fly. While I know some like to display flies, I love to fish mine. Gives me an excuse to tie the next one.

 

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that is awesome

 

[Christopheraaron]

Nice tie! Try compressing the wing fibres a bit more to avoid the collapsed wing at the base. (BTW, not to nit-pick but I would call that more of a wet than a spey)

 

[ChaseChrome]

Yup Swift...that'll hunt

 

[Madriverfisher]

Ck that's a traditional Spey fly and great tie swift I'd love to fish that

 

[swiftcurrent]

Thanks for the feed back everyone.

 

[Christopheraaron]

Ck that's a traditional Spey fly and great tie swift I'd love to fish that

A true spey should have it's wings very low, almost flat:

It's way too big to be a wet but the position of it's wings is more like a wet or a classic married wing:

Still a very nice tie!

 

[Christopheraaron]

p.s. very nice imitation jungle cock! would never have caught it if I hadn't looked at it that long

 

[swiftcurrent]

Your right about the wing position, its a learning curve.
I was thinking more freestyle classic Married then true spey. Those photo's are awesome.

Question, is there a name difference between the flat wing in the top photo vs the 'V' shaped wing orientation. One of them would be a be a 'D' spey I believe.

 

[ChaseChrome]

top one is a dee

 

[swiftcurrent]

So a Lady Caroline is a 'D', what do we call a fly like the Akroyd?

 

[Christopheraaron]

Wrong cc, lady Caroline is about the most classic spey out there, the ackroyd is a dee, my favourite to look at. Btw, those are not my ties.

 

[swiftcurrent]

Regardless, they're still nice.

I always have a hard time remembering which is which. I know the names refer to the Scottish rivers they originated on.

 

[Christopheraaron]

Dees have v shaped wings, speys wings should touch but not overlap.

 

[ChaseChrome]

oops...reversed them...you're right, LC is spey

 

[remyboy1]

1. I have got to get a vise. like asap...

 

[FishingNoob]

1. I have got to get a vise. like asap...

WHAT! I thought you had one... man, can't wait to see your creations!