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Using Jay wing feathers as substitute for dotterel

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:15 am
by davidriley
Couple of wet flies tied with Jay.

Jay & yellow spider

Hends BL599 size 14 hook with Danville’s flymaster 6/0 yellow thread and Jay hackle taken ( fawn feather from wing)
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Jay & blue spider
Same materials as above except used Uni-thread Doc blue
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David

Re: Using Jay wing feathers as substitute for dotterel

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:50 pm
by letumgo
The Jay wing looks like an excellent dotterel sub. I especially like the yellow bodied fly.