The Leisenring Stone

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The Leisenring Stone

Post by Old Hat » Tue May 05, 2015 5:26 pm

Doing this one for the Forgotten Swap.

Hook: Mustad #9
Thread: yellow Pearsall's silk
Hackle: brown cock with a slight furnace note
Rib: yellow silk (button hole twist like)
Tail: partridge tail fibers tied short
Body: a mix of ginger and pond olive mohair and light hare
Wing: cree india cock hackle

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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by tie2fish » Wed May 06, 2015 6:43 am

Great impression, Carl. Brings to mind a certain Dylan song. I do like the split flat wings.
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by gingerdun » Wed May 06, 2015 8:18 am

Carl,
That is very fine. Do you think it can compete against the more popular winged versions, like those with deer hair wings?
I wonder why it disappeared? It looks like it would be extremely attractive to a trout.
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by Smuggler » Wed May 06, 2015 8:25 am

That's a fine representation Carl.
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by Old Hat » Wed May 06, 2015 10:43 am

Thanks for the comments gentlemen.

Lance, I don't see why not. In hand it looks very attractive and buggy to me. Much more so than many of the patterns that are tied today. The only point being is most fish heavy nymphs for stoneflies with exception of a few dry patterns. Stoneflies just don't emerge like many of the insects we try to mimic with flymphs and such. They just are not readily available to fish in the upper part of the water column. My guess is this pattern needs to be fished upstream like a dry. I honestly think it will be a better profile and rest in the surface or just under more appropriately than the common stimulator that is fished dry. We'll see, I have tied some different variations up and even some resemblances of our salmon fly hatch to try in the next couple month's. I have done well with wet flies for the smaller winter stones and I think this style would work very well for them.
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by DUBBN » Wed May 06, 2015 7:36 pm

I want to nymph that pattern below a rocky riffle during run-off (high water). That fly looks really good to me.
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by UC Steve » Fri May 15, 2015 5:17 pm

Awesome fly.

Winged wets... When did this enticing diversion come about?
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Re: The Leisenring Stone

Post by Spiderman » Fri May 22, 2015 3:45 pm

Looks great!
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