Grey and Starling
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Grey and Starling
Hook: Hayabusha 390 #16
Thread: Yellow Uni 8/0
Body: brush of brown thin floss with dubbing: grey squirrel (50%) hare tan (40%) claret seal sub (5%) olive hare (5%)
Hackle: starling
Use: when little grey Dun are hatching
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Re: Grey and Starling
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Great fly Ruard. It has all of the features of a lethal pattern. I especially like the use of the floss with the dubbing blend.
Great fly Ruard. It has all of the features of a lethal pattern. I especially like the use of the floss with the dubbing blend.
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Re: Grey and Starling
I like the idea of varied behavior for each of the dubbing types in the body. That looks successful on several levels. I can see the use for Grey Duns, but I wouldn't neglect using this as almost any #16 Caddis emerger. That thickened body suggests a Caddis silhouette among other things. imho.
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Re: Grey and Starling
Sweet fly, Ruard,
yummy dubbing blend too
yummy dubbing blend too
Re: Grey and Starling
Nice!!
I really like the way that method makes the body look segmented!
Vicki
I really like the way that method makes the body look segmented!
Vicki
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Re: Grey and Starling
Ruard,
Once again, I'm drawn to the wonderful body of this pattern. You are a wizzard with this type of tying. Great looking pattern! Size 16? Wow!
Dougsden
Once again, I'm drawn to the wonderful body of this pattern. You are a wizzard with this type of tying. Great looking pattern! Size 16? Wow!
Dougsden
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Re: Grey and Starling
Hi Ruard,
very cool
From where on the bird do you take the starling hackle?
Andrew.
very cool
From where on the bird do you take the starling hackle?
Andrew.
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Re: Grey and Starling
Thank you all for the nice words I appreciate them!!
The hackle is from 2 cm above the tail of the starling
Greeting
The hackle is from 2 cm above the tail of the starling
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Re: Grey and Starling
Thanks Ruard - i am getting to really like the starling for a source of hackles that look to me like they are really going to come alive in the water.Ruard wrote: The hackle is from 2 cm above the tail of the starling
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