Olive and Squirrel

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Olive and Squirrel

Post by Ruard » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:33 am

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Hook: Sprite Perfect International #12 (Bend the eye straight)
Thread: light yellow 6/0
Body: thread, Olive Opossum, Natural Opossum
Hackle: Squirrel naturel

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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:12 am

WOW! Terrific looking hair-hackle fly. Beautifully tyed.
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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by VERN-O » Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:35 pm

very nice Ruard....the body is gorgeous.....really like your stuff
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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by Soft-hackle » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:32 pm

Hello, Ruard,
This is a dandy fly. Great tying! Everything is perfect, and I'm sure this will get you plenty of fish.

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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by William Anderson » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:11 am

seriously nice job with the hair hackle.
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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by Ruard » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:36 pm

Thank you all for the nice words. I find it difficult to tie the hairhackle, but this one looks for me allso good.

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Re: Olive and Squirrel

Post by RnF » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:04 pm

Great looking fly again Ruard! I really like the body taper and color scheme.
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