Grey and Starling

[Ruard]

Hook: Hayabusha 390 #16
Thread: Yellow Uni 8/0
Body: brush of brown thin floss with dubbing: grey squirrel (50%) hare tan (40%) claret seal sub (5%) olive hare (5%)
Hackle: starling

Use: when little grey Dun are hatching

Greeting

[letumgo]

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Great fly Ruard. It has all of the features of a lethal pattern. I especially like the use of the floss with the dubbing blend.

[William Anderson]

I like the idea of varied behavior for each of the dubbing types in the body. That looks successful on several levels. I can see the use for Grey Duns, but I wouldn't neglect using this as almost any #16 Caddis emerger. That thickened body suggests a Caddis silhouette among other things. imho.

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[Roy]

Sweet fly, Ruard,
yummy dubbing blend too

[kanutripr]

Nice!!

I really like the way that method makes the body look segmented!


Vicki

[DOUGSDEN]

Ruard,
Once again, I'm drawn to the wonderful body of this pattern. You are a wizzard with this type of tying. Great looking pattern! Size 16? Wow!
Dougsden

[GlassJet]

Hi Ruard,
very cool
From where on the bird do you take the starling hackle?

Andrew.

[Ruard]

Thank you all for the nice words I appreciate them!!

The hackle is from 2 cm above the tail of the starling

Greeting

[GlassJet]

The hackle is from 2 cm above the tail of the starling

Thanks Ruard - i am getting to really like the starling for a source of hackles that look to me like they are really going to come alive in the water.

Andrew.