Time on my hands

[Gary Tanner]

Thanks to the generosity of friends like Steve Sanford and Jamie Woods, an old fly tyer like myself rarely runs out of duck feathers. Staying home these days means I have the time to organize feathers and tie flies. A guy can go through thousands of feathers to find the right candidates for certain flies.
A daunting sight at the start of a session:

Different feathers go in different places on different flies...teal can be pretty finicky:

need just the right, symetrical flank feather:

To tie an Atlantic salmon wet fly, the Cutty Sark

same goes for wood duck flank for the cheek on a classic trolling streamer:

And of course, good old mallard for wings:

with a little teal over the top of mallard:

Hoping that all your feathers are being put to good use!
Gary

 

[Carl]

Nice looking flies. Whach yah fishin for?

 

[Gary Tanner]

I fish for Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick, CA. I'm supposed to be building our new camp on the river there right now. Pretty non-essential to anyone but me, but I totally understand and buy into social distance/border closure.
Gary

 

[Ron Smith]

Nice work. EDIT: Beautiful work

 

[J. Overland]

Really nice work. Thanks for sharing. Flies are such a work of art.

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Gary,

This why I tie hair jigs and buy flies and streamers. I know my limitations. Very nice work.

 

[Pete McMiller]

Wonderful work Gary.

 

[Paul Dobrosky]

Gary, how did you make the stemer, It looks very home made, is that what you use to help the feathers come back to life. PAUL

 

[MLBob Furia]

[size 4] Beautiful work, Gary!

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Young Man~


Beautiful photos!


I'm glad you got your new hip back when it was safe to go into hospitals. Hope it's getting you around comfortably.


All the best,


SJS