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That's a FINE looking fish and I love the fly!
@Roadkill I really dig your version because I was actually thinking to myself that I would like that pattern but with a really short hackle. Seems you were one step ahead of me with the ostrich. I wouldn't have thought to use that.

Terrestrial12 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:53 am Seems you were one step ahead of me with the ostrich. I wouldn't have thought to use that.

It wasn't a new idea, just a transition in midge size from the TDC (viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8782 ) I have tied for decades. Instead of gills it is now a hackle used on many of my tiny midges.

I use a lot of mole applied in a split thread. Ostrich is good but, I can only use the tip of a feather to find barbules small enough for a size 22 and smaller.

I add hen hackle to most any midge pattern. I have a lot of it, and it makes me happy.

It is not as pretty and classy as ostrich or hen, but mole has treated me pretty well over the decades.

Roadkill wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:15 pm OK, DUBBN.

I will give my crude ones (Silk & Ostrich, TMC 101 #24) a try on the Crooked River this year...


RIMG9301 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Thanks!!

You do great work.

DUBBN
Where did you find that bleached mole or did you give the skin a bath?
Mike over at Badger Creek had bleached and dyed mole years ago but I haven't seen any since.

RickA wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:49 am DUBBN
Where did you find that bleached mole or did you give the skin a bath?
Mike over at Badger Creek had bleached and dyed mole years ago but I haven't seen any since.

Its natural. The light makes it look lighter than it is.

I don't use enough ostrich; it just never occurs to me to tie with it. I need to change that.

Mike62 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:58 pm I don't use enough ostrich; it just never occurs to me to tie with it. I need to change that.

Exactly

DUBBN the black with the wild collar of bleached mole is sweeeeeeet

Terrestrial12 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:17 pm DUBBN the black with the wild collar of bleached mole is sweeeeeeet

They all work somewhere and someplace.