Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

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Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by RnF » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:26 am

Another sowbug softy pattern. (sorry for the so so pics, working on getting a better lens for macros - recently got a new camera)
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Hook: Size 12 Nymph
Thread: UTC 70 Olive
Body: Wapsi Sow-Scud Sowbug Dubbing
Spine: Black Medium Wire
Hackle: Partidge
Head: UTC 70 Olive
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by willowhead » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:41 am

OUTSTANDING!!!!! ;) Extremely well done..... :D
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by letumgo » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:11 am

Ditto!
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by tie2fish » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:36 am

That's a beauty! And the photos are good too ... all you need to do is crop them, which will blow them up nice and "close".
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by Roadkill » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:48 am

Nice fly! Does the wire spine affect how it rides in the water?
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by RnF » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:16 pm

Roadkill wrote:Nice fly! Does the wire spine affect how it rides in the water?
That's a good question and one I will have to look at. I usually just fish it like I would any regular nymph. When a sowbug is free in the water, they are at the mercy of the current and are thrown every which way. So I am not sure it would matter much. I have good success fishing it free of weight or with weight on my leader, or having the pattern weighted with led wire.
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Re: Sowbug Softy - Natural Color

Post by willowhead » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:52 am

Scott, you come down here and have yourself 100 fish day with that thing any time you like...........you'll never leave. :lol:
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