Reffit's March Brown

Post by **tie2fish** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:01 am

Until the much anticipated Bob Smith/Philip Bailey book becomes available, I'll need to continue using the source information I have at hand regarding North Country spiders. Although it may not be historically beyond reproach, I will report from the Roger Fogg book that T.E. Pritt included following pattern devised by J.W. Reffit in his listing of alternative march brown imitations:

Hook: #14 (Daiichi 1550)
Thread: Hot orange tying silk (Pearsall's Gossamer #19)
Hackle: Small mottled brown feather from a snipe's rump (for which I have substituted a starling covert dyed brown that is marketed as a sub for landrail)
Body: Hare's poll fur dubbed on hot orange silk and dubbed 'full' at the thorax ...

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Post by **Soft-hackle** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:29 am

Love it!

Mark

Post by **michaelgmcgraw** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:51 am

Yep, Nifty looking fly !

Post by **kanutripr** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:38 am

It's perfect Bill.

Vicki

Post by **Roadkill** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:41 am

Excellent fly!!

Post by **letumgo** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:32 pm

Fishy looking fly! (sincere compliment)

Post by **willowhead** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:10 pm

i think Vicki's right.

Post by **hankaye** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:36 pm

t2f, Howdy;

WOW !

hank

Post by **William Anderson** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:54 pm

Great post. I like the transition of the dubbed body in particular on this. The starling is convincing too. I've never seen them died like that. This is a nice pattern to have on hand.

Post by **willowhead** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:07 am

William, you checked your mail lately...................?

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