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March Brown pattern
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:34 pm
by Old Hat
Hook: 2x long wet #12-#14
Thread: Griffith's 14/0 cranberry
Tail: pheasant tail fibers
Rib: brown silk floss
Body: a light hare mix with antron
Back: pheasant tail fibers
Hackle: Partridge
Re: March Brown pattern
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:38 pm
by Roadkill
Nice fly Carl, I really like the silk counter rib.
Re: March Brown pattern
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:17 pm
by willowhead
Spectacular design.....knock-out execution.
Re: March Brown pattern
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:12 am
by Old Hat
Thanks gentlemen,
I saw this pattern with a wood duck rolled wing added on a Spanish site while researching Spanish wet flies. Had to make it wingless. It had no info with it but screamed march brown. A yellow rib might be nice as well.
Re: March Brown pattern
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:42 am
by tie2fish
Lovely!
Re: March Brown pattern
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:51 pm
by Kelly L.
Very nice, looks like a fish getter to me!