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Ruard
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by Ruard » Fri May 14, 2010 3:56 am
hook: Daiichi 1640 #12
thread: Pearsal's Gossamer yellow #3
hackle: jay ( In FF&Ft there was an article about the dotterel and jay was a good sub)
I used the hackle just aftrer the head (A) because the hackles (B) broke several times I tried them.
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by letumgo » Fri May 14, 2010 6:59 pm
Thank you for posting this Ruard. I just recently purchased a European Jay skin, with the intention of using it for soft hackle flies. I was not aware that it could be used as a substitute for Dotterel. I appreciate the information.
Lovely fly, by the way.
PS - those cheek feathers underneath the beak also look very interesting (the ones with the light colored tips and dark centers). Very interesting.
