I know what I am doing is not new at all. Simply adding a second color to the body of the fly is far from ground breaking. I am simply stocking my fly boxes with flys that are easy to tie, yet a tad different than what I have used in the past. The Two Tone affect has been a great producer for me with emergers for the past 10 years, and I am trying to make that success transition to my Soft Hackles. I have dubbed so many bodys in my tying life that it is easy for me to simply add a second color and make two small dubbing noodles instead of one large noodle. I will say it adds about 5 to 8 seconds of time per fly.
I will split a hair here. I maintain that the flys in this post, especially the pattern I posted should be considered a Tri-color fly. Often I read that the feathers we use on our patterns add a wonderful movement to the fly, and that is what triggers a fish to strike. While I agree with that thought, I maintain that as heavy as I hackle my flys , the color of the feather that I use becomes the primary color of the entire pattern. The body color of the fly itself become an accent.
As usual, I have no proof or documentation to support my opinion on this subject. It is just an idea that has been rolling around in my head.
I was not going to post this "Two Tone" as it is the first I of this color combo I have tyed. It is a bit rough around the edges but more than appropriate for the fish I pursue. I plan on tying a half dozen of these and a half dozen of the first pattern I posted to this thread. If the weather holds out just a bit, I plan on giving both patterns a workout on a float of the lower Gunnison this Saturday.
Gray and Olive
Hook - Mustad 9671 size 14
Thread Olive 8/0 Uni
Tail - Lt Dun Hen
Abdomen - Muskrat
Thorax - 50% Olive Rabbit Fur 50% Smokey Olive Scud dubbing (Wapsi)
Collar- Light Dun Hen hackle
