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William,
Great flies & thread!!

I have a few shades of feet for Usuals matching the hatch, tyers shouldn't neglect other shades for other bugs.

Here is a medium dun Hare and Wine ribbed with red wire...



and a natural cream Hare and Twist flymph...

Each is a great pattern from both tyers.

Great idea, Bill. The potential variations are endless.

You can think outside the box for size as well. Here is a #2 Dyed Hare & Pheasant Flymph for Steelhead...

Oh! That's the stuff!

Love em, Bill.

Bill, you've put together some sweet patterns. These look killer. I know Bill Shuck has also tied using some of the dyed snowshoe and they look great. I picked up some dun dyed snowshoe last year to use for wingposts and usuals. But maybe a few other shades might be a good idea.

I think snowshoe hare is an underused material, especially for soft hackled flies. It is translucent like seal and is enough hydrophobic to keep a fly in the film. It is fairly readily available in quite a few shades from several companies, including Hareline and Spirit River, and takes DIY dyes very well. Also, if you weight it on nymphs, it will carry trigger air bubbles down with it.

You are touching a chord here William with the first entries! Very sim. to my beloved Cream Flymph except I like yours a whole lot better!
Your tying has just got that......unexplainable appeal to it! I'm lovin' every minute of it!
Doug