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Quite a while back, our friend Ruard sent me some hare fur that he dyed himself, and one of the colors is a beautiful shade of claret that for some reason I associate with the Slate Drake (Isonichia) mayfly. So, I made a dubbing brush using it with waxed Pearsall's claret thread on spinning block, and tied up the following ...

Hook: Mustad 3913B, #12
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer #14, claret
Hackle: Medium dun hen saddle
Tail: Three moose body hairs
Body: Claret hare/claret silk thread dubbing brush (which probably could be a little more sparse)

Ah, I like the look of this one--if I had a Tenkara rod (and I do ) I'd pulse it across every little bit of soft water I could find.

There's something about Claret that turns my head. This pattern is definately a head turner! You are getting pretty darn fancy with that dubbing brush! Well done sir!

tie2fish, Howdy;

Think you hit the bell at the carnival with that one.
Anything that you might do would (imo), only detract
from it's perfection...

hank

Ah claret...this is lovely. I really think it will produce well for you!

Just in time, well... for this years hatch cycle anyways!
Nice and simple, very buggy looking. You win ,sir.

I raise my coffee mug and toast your claret Sir!

Splendid isonychia pattern, Bill. I love the way you hackled this fly. Should be very seductive in the water.

Here fishy, fishy, fishy!

Mataura mayfly wrote:I raise my coffee mug and toast your claret Sir!

ditto. Very nice work with the dubbing block and a great pattern all around. Great knocked down dun in the film. I wonder (as I have not been out to see any Iso hatches yet) what the water levels and temps will do for the Iso hatches this season. Idle curiousity....on Iso day.

w

The color of that body is right on. Should be a killer.

Wonder if there will be Iso's in the Catskills in early June?