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by letumgo » Sun May 29, 2011 5:16 pm
Lovely set of flies, Donald. I especially like the last one. Seems like it could be used as a snail imitation (Stillwater).
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by DNicolson » Sun May 29, 2011 5:49 pm
The Peacock Spider is a vey well known fly for precisely that.
That particular one is a pretty rough tie. The copper wire underbody is very lumpy, I think I used too heavy a gauge wire.
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by letumgo » Sun May 29, 2011 6:21 pm
I like it just the way it is.
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by willowhead » Sun May 29, 2011 6:26 pm
VERY Cool.....
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by hankaye » Sun May 29, 2011 6:32 pm
Donald, Howdy;
I truly DO like what you do with a few things found laying about.
The bottom one looks like one of the "Crunchy on the outside yet Gooey on the insideones". YUMMY, my favorites !
Thanks for sharing,
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by William Anderson » Mon May 30, 2011 8:52 am
This is a nice set, Donald. I'm partial to the Ginger fly myself. I like how cohesive the color scheme came out. How are you using the camel dubbing? chopped short and dubbed in a loop, or left long and wrapped as longer fibers? I just picked up a few llama dubbing packs with very long underfur fibers (1"-2"). I'm thinking of laying out a few of a couple colors lined up twisted together like a floss or herls and wrapping them. Any suggestions based on camel, which I assume might be similar.
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by kanutripr » Mon May 30, 2011 11:22 am
Very nice Donald. I especially like seeing the tying thread and the tail in the first one showing through. It just makes them seem more lively.
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by Old Hat » Mon May 30, 2011 6:51 pm
Reid's Assassin has long been my go to midge emerger tied on #18 and smaller. I honestly hardly ever use anything different for that moment of the hatch.
Thanks for sharing Donald.
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by DNicolson » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:38 am
William,
With the camel dubbing, I just teased out a rather slim, flimsy few strands
on to the thread and wound into a ball for a thorax. I do like the camel,
but how similar to its relatives I'm not sure.
Vicki,
The showing of the tying thread and the tail was because I rushed the dressing,
I'm finding my eyes tire if I'm on the vise for a while,
and I do tend to keep going when I should go to bed.
I shall dress another closer to the correct dressing and do a comparison.
It will probably make no difference to the fish. 
