Horse and Hen

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Horse and Hen

Post by tie2fish » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:53 am

Along the same lines ...

Hook: Mustad C49S, #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0, amber
Hackle: Brown hen
Abdomen: Two colors of horse tail hair wrapped together
Thorax: Peacock eyestick herl dyed Muskrat Gray

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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by Ruard » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:00 am

I like this one!! Neat tying the horse hair to!!

Perhaps also good for a midge patern???

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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by letumgo » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:30 pm

Love the segmentation and the dyed herl. Thanks for helping me spend my money. :D
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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by Roadkill » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:11 pm

Beautiful fly!
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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by hankaye » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:04 pm

tie2fish, Howdy;

Dang ... and the other one as well ... Dang !!!

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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by William Anderson » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:38 pm

What a brilliant example of altering quill bodies. This composition is fantastic. I found the same thing when I looked at the picks I took, that there is quite a variance in the diameter of each hair which gives this an exagerated segmentation. Its a cool effect. Please get out on some water and give a report.
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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by tie2fish » Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:44 pm

Ruard wrote:I like this one!! Neat tying the horse hair to!!

Perhaps also good for a midge patern???

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It is probably a little large for what get called "midges" in North America, Ruard, but if it were tied on a #18 or #20 hook (or smaller) it could serve very well as a midge larva. I was thinking along the lines of a black fly emerger, and it's even big for that. Thanks for the compliment, and thank you also to the other respondents.
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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by Roadkill » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:31 pm

tie2fish wrote:
Ruard wrote:I like this one!! Neat tying the horse hair to!!

Perhaps also good for a midge patern???

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It is probably a little large for what get called "midges" in North America, Ruard, but if it were tied on a #18 or #20 hook (or smaller) it could serve very well as a midge larva. I was thinking along the lines of a black fly emerger, and it's even big for that. Thanks for the compliment, and thank you also to the other respondents.

I tie one of my go to midges for Western lakes on a Mustad 9671 # 10 or 12. Some of our chironomids are 3/4 " long. ;)
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Re: Horse and Hen

Post by willowhead » Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:58 am

PURE Class....... ;)
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