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Rasevic, this is my first attempt at your technique. I was a little heavy with the Hares Ear, but all in all I am pleased with my pattern. It is no where near as elegant as yours, but I wanted to give your method a try.

Thank you for the inspiration sir,

Wayne

Hook - Mustad 3906 size 12
Thread- Fl. Orange, UTC 70
Tail- Mallard dyed Light Lemon (Wood Duck)
Body- Hares Ear (split thread) and Hen Hackle (Light Furnace)

You'll have a hard time keeping the brookies off of that one.... And you're right: Rasevic's really is a superior looking flymph.

Wayne, when that big ole shaggy looking moose wets down you might just be suprised what considers it a tasty morsel.
Sure is a buggy looking critter to my eyes.

As I was photographing this pattern, I kept telling myself, "fish like ugly flys".

I am taking a half day off work tomorrow. I think I will swing that woolly nymph through some riffles. I kinda have a feeling it will tick off some Browns.

Not a doubt in my mind, that this is going to catch fish! Can't wait to hear how it works for you. Great fly Wayne!

Nicely done, will catch..

Man...that looks good enough to eat. Good luck tomorrow

Really buggy! Please advise on test results.

Wayne that is a brilliant use of the palmer technique. Buggy a hell. Big thanks to cicvara for bringing this to the front and major kudos to you for shagging it up. This just makes me want to hit a mountain stream immediately.

I started out on the lower Gunnison with a 3 fly rig for nymphing.





I started fishing at 2:00 PM, and I knew I had to be off the river by 4:00. My night to cook dinner.
I fished upstream from my truck through 3 holes. I have to admit, the biggest fish were caught nymphing today. I caught one Bow that would easily go 20 inches, and a couple more bows that were in the 16 to 17 inch range. I also landed a couple Browns that were in the 16 inch range, but football fat!

The water temps are a bit warm. The bigger fish took a little time getting them in. I netted each one, removed the hook and released them in seconds. I wont stress them any more than that due to the warmer water.


I fished till about 3:15 with the nymphs. I used a size 16 PMD nymph, a size 18 PT nymph, and a size 18 Buckskin nymph. The fish took the PMD, and PT. Not one trout on the Buckskin.

I had made it about 400 yards upstream when I decided to turn around and fish back to the truck. I removed the nymph rig, cut my leader back to the 3X section, and tied on the Woolly SH. I tied another 12 inch section of 3X tippet onto the leader directly above the Woolly using a clinch knot. On that section I slid on a Gold bead, then tied on a size 14 Partridge and Olive. When I swing Soft Hackles I tie my flies on in this manner. I simply slide the bottom tippet up and away from my first fly and I can replace it without changing the bottom fly.

Where I caught quality with the nymph rig, I caught quantity swinging Soft Hackles. The biggest fish was 14 inches. The smallest was the size of my pinky. I caught a lot of them! All Browns.





After CreationBear and I agreed that my fly could have been tied much better I got to thinking. What will the fish really think of it? In my opinion they loved it. It caught 2 to 1 over the Partridge and Olive. I bet a dozen fish were landed on that ugly pattern, and probably another 6 fish got away. At the end of the day, it was still ugly, and still catching fish.





I am tickled the fish liked my pattern. Sometimes I forget, it’s them that I really want to impress.

I got off the river at 4:25. I managed to get dinner started before my wife got home from work. All in all, a pretty darn good day for me.