Red & Black Diamond Chironomid

Been playing with this pattern for a while know. This pattern has some similarities to the Yankee Buzzer. This was one of the main patterns I was tying at The Fly Fishing Show. A very similar version of this pattern was fished very successful over this last year. This one is tied with Deer Creeks Flies Diamond Hard Tack Free UV Resin. This is the only UV resin that is truly take free after hitting it with the torch. Counting the days to ice off at some of my favorite still waters.

Material list for Red Diamond Chironomid

Hook: MFC #7231 Size 12 thru 16

Thread: Abdomen 8/0 white, Thorax 8/0 red

Rib: X-sm black and X-sm red

Abdomen: Pearl Fire Fly wrapped of white thread. Top half of abdomen is colored with red Sharpie, then wrapped with Fire Fly.

Wing buds: Amber goose biots

Thorax: 8/0 red thread

Breathers: Ultra Floss

Material list for Black Diamond Chironomid

Hook: MFC #7231 Size 12 thru 16

Thread: Abdomen 8/0 white, Thorax 8/0 Black

Rib: X-sm black and X-sm red

Abdomen: Pearl Fire Fly wrapped of white thread. Top half of abdomen is colored with black Sharpie, then wrapped with Fire Fly.

Wing buds: Amber goose biots

Thorax: 8/0 black thread

Breathers: Ultra Floss

Product Review - Deercreek Flies Diamond Hard Low Tack resin and Torch

I received are care package a couple days ago from Nik Wright of Deercreek flies, he sent me some of his new UV low tack resin and a torch to cure it. The name of the resin is Diamond Hard Low Tack. Been playing around with for a couple of days now and I really like it. I have been using Loon's clear fly finish before. The Diamond Hard is a lot clear than the Loon, the Diamond hard is crystal clear. It does seem to be harder than the Loon Clear Fly Finish. The Diamond Hard is defiantly a low tack resin, once you hit it with a light no need for anything to cover it. The Diamond Hard Resin seems to be a little thinner than the Loon's Clear fly finish. As for the torch for Deercreeks resin it is a lot more powerful than Loon's new power lamp. The batteries for Deercreeks torch are a little hard to find at a fair price. I went to Walgreens to buy the batteries and they were $11 each, I then went to Batteries Plus and found them for $11 for two. Over all I would highly recommend this product to all.

http://www.deercreek.co.uk/default.html

 The resin and the torch

 Test fly

 Same fly different view

Another Fly