Snipe & Hare
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Snipe wing covert
Body: European hare, cream underfur - in split thread
Cheers,
Hans W
Snipe & Hare
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Snipe & Hare
Snipe & Hare
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Snipe wing covert
Body: European hare, cream underfur - in split thread
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: Snipe & Hare
Very classy. There's nothing about snipe that I don't like except for its scarcity.
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Re: Snipe & Hare
And this is how the body combination of black thread and cream hair looks when wet
Cheers,
Hans W
Cheers,
Hans W
Re: Snipe & Hare
THAT is cool! Can't stop staring at it... 
Re: Snipe & Hare
Hans,
Beautiful pattern both dry and sodden.
I found a little, rectangular glass vase on a shelf here that has minimal optical distortion. If I can find time this weekend, I am going to try to take some macro photos of flies underwater. If I have any luck, you'll see my post before the weekend is over. I'll give it a new topic heading.
Because of your very bad influence, I have taken out a second mortgage on my home so I could buy a supply of those damn Grip hooks.
Lance
Beautiful pattern both dry and sodden.
I found a little, rectangular glass vase on a shelf here that has minimal optical distortion. If I can find time this weekend, I am going to try to take some macro photos of flies underwater. If I have any luck, you'll see my post before the weekend is over. I'll give it a new topic heading.
Because of your very bad influence, I have taken out a second mortgage on my home so I could buy a supply of those damn Grip hooks.
Lance
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Sorrygingerdun wrote:Hans,
Because of your very bad influence, I have taken out a second mortgage on my home so I could buy a supply of those damn Grip hooks.
Looking forward to seeing the underwater shots.
Cheers,
Hans W
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Hans - I look at the first photo and think "What a beautiful & graceful pattern", but when I look at the second photo I think "What a scruffy looking bug...a perfect fishing fly!" Thanks for sharing these. Snipe & Hare is just such a perfect combination.
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Re: Snipe & Hare
Nice fly Hans, real chalk and cheese (or chalk and coal 
) photos.
) photos."Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout".... Irish proverb.
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Nice one, big time. 
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Re: Snipe & Hare
Okay, here's the question: does the abdomen of that fly most closely mimic:
a.) an insect with a dark body
b.) an insect with a light body; or
c.) an insect with a "gray" body (i.e. somewhere in between)
I guess what I'm getting at is whether we should rely on thread color to "match the hatch" and depend on dubbing (at least with "touch-dubbed, sparse bodies) to represent the sheen of light on chitin or, perhaps, those ever-controversial air bubbles. )
Otherwise, a great tie as always--you should really set up a kiosk there in Schiphol for us busy travelers passing through...
a.) an insect with a dark body
b.) an insect with a light body; or
c.) an insect with a "gray" body (i.e. somewhere in between)
I guess what I'm getting at is whether we should rely on thread color to "match the hatch" and depend on dubbing (at least with "touch-dubbed, sparse bodies) to represent the sheen of light on chitin or, perhaps, those ever-controversial air bubbles.
)Otherwise, a great tie as always--you should really set up a kiosk there in Schiphol for us busy travelers passing through...