You tie a nice blackfish fly mate. The cabbage one is a good imitation for some of the broad strand weed we get but isnt imitating cabbage weed. Green cellophane for that job. I used to make them like this , just two broad leaf pieces tied infrom a pinch point under the eye. I then passed the point through both "leaves" which replicated how I used real cabbage when bait fishing. The " leaves" of cellophane were roughly the size of a ten cent piece. Thought you might be interested.
@@hookedonfliesaustralia8570 It depends on the quality of the cellophane. I haven't done this for 20 years and I remember the quality varied considerably. Some used to be a bit brittle and would tear off fom the tie in point. So I had to take quite a few on an outing. My mate bought one really good batch that I remember and it was noticeably more durable. Realistically, the type like you've made were a lot more practical, imitating the cabbage was just a challenge sort of thing when I was tying lots of Saltwater flies. So I got it to work but I would just use conventional ones these days. Haven't done it in a while, must get back into it. Cheers mate.
Hi & Thanks for the comment. Tools are - Vise for holding the hook. Bobbin Holder for the thread. To tease out the material I use a Ice Cream stick with velcro hooks attached. The Epoxy is Solarez these days. All available at any Fly Shop such as BWC Flies or Beastbrushes.
Hi Dave, They use 2 x 16340 rechargeable battery or a single 18650. really useful as I have two sets so I can swap when the charge gets low and keep tying.
