Yesterday I finished tying a box of flies for my neighbor. It was his birthday awhile back and his father gave him a very nice fly box, but it was empty. I told my neighbor to give it to me and I would gladly fill it for him with some of my favorite flies. In doing so, and thinking how well the soft hackled flies have been doing lately on the South St. Vrain I got to thinking that may I can come up with something in a soft hackled version using my British friends dog hair.
SO what I did was I took some dog hair and combined it with underfur from a hares mask. I grabbed my bag of chickabou and began tying. I think I came up with something that will work.
Hook #14 Firehole 609
Thread Pearsalls gold ( I believe it's the gold )
Body Hares mask and dog fur
Ribbing GoldOval Tinsel
Tail Dyed Mallard Flank
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I'll be tying more up this evening to try out these next few days. I'll let you all know how they work out.