Seal and Grouse

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Seal and Grouse

Post by Johnno » Sat May 07, 2011 6:19 pm

Had some spare dubbing left over after tying a series of flies and rather than wasting it, whipped up a few of these. No idea how they'll go but seems to me they should be good for a hatching caddis or maybe a larger darker brown mayfly?

The dubbing is a mix of brown, tan and summer duck seals fur with a wee flash of rib showing through. Wanted to give an impression of a bit of bulk. Next season will tell me how they fare

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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by letumgo » Sat May 07, 2011 6:24 pm

Nice and scruffy! Love it.
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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Sat May 07, 2011 10:14 pm

That will fish well, no doubt. You may wish you had more of that dubbing around.

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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by tie2fish » Sun May 08, 2011 6:47 am

Flymphish is good.
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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by kanutripr » Sun May 08, 2011 12:19 pm

Really nice Johnno. It's great seeing flies from other parts of the world. Really we're not so different. I like this one a lot. Is that a little tail or just stray fibres from the dubbing?



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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by Johnno » Sun May 08, 2011 6:01 pm

Vicki, Its just stray fibres..
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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by William Anderson » Mon May 09, 2011 7:33 am

Nice and flymphy. Great fly, Johnno. I especially like the dubbed body. That's harder to achieve than it looks. You really nailed it.

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Re: Seal and Grouse

Post by willowhead » Tue May 10, 2011 12:02 am

DYNOMITE! ;)
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