Circus Peanut Help

[Jdecoudres]

Can I get some help.on what I'm doing wrong I'm fairly new to this. The pics below.are my second attempt

[Nortrad]

Both front/rear hooks need schlappen palmered along the shank. Not the original recipe, but fills out the fly nicely. Your fly is a solid early attempt. Study some pictures of variations. I palmer along the shank, and put marabou wing on top, like a Peanut Envy w/o the cone head. It makes a bigger profile. Go to Kelly G.'s site. Keep working at it, it will come.

[Brian Wise]

For as long of a shank as you are using I would you a longer, webbier Schlappen feather for starters. Great job though!

[Jdecoudres]

thanks for the tips. I will keep working

[Lancer09]

I on the other hand do not prefer to palmer the schlappen along the shank. I like to do it just at the front like that but if you do this it needs to be a big webby one to flow back. Also, I would find a body material, that takes up a bit more space, I really like UV dyed polar chenillie or some sort of cactus chenille.

[Brian Wise]

I on the other hand do not prefer to palmer the schlappen along the shank. I like to do it just at the front like that but if you do this it needs to be a big webby one to flow back. Also, I would find a body material, that takes up a bit more space, I really like UV dyed polar chenillie or some sort of cactus chenille.