Tuesday, 2 July 2013

The Junction 6 Spider

 
 
Today when I was at my work I came across this poor bird by the side of the road. I'm assuming its a buzzard , someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway never one to let the chance of procuring feathers for the purpose of flytying I managed to fill a couple of zip bags. Here's the first fly I've tied from the feathers I found on the A8. I might as well name the pattern The Junction 6 Spider.

1 comment:

  1. Got Barn Owl feathers like that myself once, never really found much use for them right enough.

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