Waterhen and Musk Ox

[tie2fish]

I'm not sure what, if anything, this is supposed to imitate, but it does look "buggy" to me.

Waterhen and Musk Ox
Hook: Daiichi 1760, #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, crimson
Hackle: Waterhen covert
Body: Musk ox underfur in thread loop

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[hankaye]

tie2fish, Howdy;

Musk Ox ..... really? Knew a person that owned a few of those near Lexington Park, Md. when I lived near there (once upon a time).

Beautiful tye... should get bit..


Looks like something else, ..... only it needs a slight yellowish tint, .....maybe a thought of a pale reddish smudge (?), perhaps something from the nether parts of a certian hardshelled possum. ONLY JOKING


hank

[William Anderson]

I've never heard of a musk ox, but it will definitely give you a dynamic lightshow in the water. I can't think of an entomological match either, but it should make a good impression. I wonder if you dye this up to match some tannish Caddis' if it would maintain that luminosity? That with a varied underbody could make for a nice caddis pupa material.

w

[kanutripr]

That's gonna be AMAZING wet (and in a trouts mouth)!



Vicki

[tie2fish]

I've never heard of a musk ox, but it will definitely give you a dynamic lightshow in the water. I can't think of an entomological match either, but it should make a good impression. I wonder if you dye this up to match some tannish Caddis' if it would maintain that luminosity? That with a varied underbody could make for a nice caddis pupa material.

w

See link below for "musk ox"; the underfur I used as dubbing on this pattern was given to me by a young man whose uncle is a geologist for an oil company and collected the fur at the following coordinates in 1991:
71 28.43' N
22 40.43' W
The Google Earth resolution at this location isn't the greatest, but you can still tell it's a really remote spot in eastern Greenland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

Ok, Guess that fella in Maryland didn't have Muskoxen.....
Had something bovine looking that looked very, very simular.
Any of our Scottish folk know of what I speak?
And does the Scot's varity have underfur like that?

hank

[CreationBear]

Highland cattle, perhaps?



My wife really fell in love with them when we were in Glasgow a couple of summers ago.

At any rate, I for one am impressed by the exotic materials shaking out lately: between letumgo's albino peacock and tie2fish's musk-ox, anything less than a softhackle tied from the armpit tufts of a slow lorus seems rather declasse these days.

[redietz]

I'm not sure what, if anything, this is supposed to imitate, but it does look "buggy" to me.

I'm thinking Hendrickson spinner.

[DOUGSDEN]

Bill,
This fly is really a classic! A soft-bodied - soft-hackle! This is sure to be a winner! Once again, your skills are just awesome!
Dougsden

[hankaye]

CB, Howdy;

Yep,.....that's the critter!

Wonder what the under fur is like on them???

hank