rancid waders
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Last of East Coast dubbing
What Are You Tying Today?
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Ggrove
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YouTube is the best friend of a new tier, unless you have a best friend who ties flies 👍
MJMFlyfisher
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Partridge and Hare attractor nymphs.
Nice job on those partridge legs; I always struggle with those.
MJMFlyfisher
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Thanks!.....It's not as tricky as you think. Find the right sized little feather where the extended legs reach JUSSSST about to the base of the tails from the tie in point.
Before tying it in, Wet your fingers a bit and while holding the feather by the very tip gently preen the fibers down except for a little spade at the tip. Tie it in at that spade tip point with the natural curve of the feather facing backward.
Then clamp the feather base with your hackle pliers and with your left hand use your wet fingers to gently pull the fibers backwards towards the tail as you wrap. 2 full wraps and keep preening them backward as you wrap. Don't let em get spun forward.
Then tie off the feather base and snip. Then hold the fibers backward with your left hand and give a few more wraps to make sure they're all captured and heading backwards.
Spread an even amount left and right and pull the wing case through the gap and tie it down. Finish with a nice smooth even head.
You can snip the partridge underneath if you want it to look a little more "Nymphy" or just leave it with the partridge collar going 3/4 of the way around for more of a soft hackle look.
JimNovo
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EP Wing Green Drake
Size 12 3xl hook
Size 12 3xl hook
tomgamber
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#12? Yeah, you could probably catch a drake on that. 😉
JimNovo
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Should I drop the 1??
tomgamber
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Or at least divide by 2. 😁
Sz 20 thread body BWO parachute
hooker-of-men
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Crazy Charlie for carp,
JimNovo
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Ok then I’ll call it a giant BWO!
RS2. I grease these to float in the film, and they are
DYN-O-MITE at times!
DYN-O-MITE at times!
hooker-of-men
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HVRT #12
hooker-of-men
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Baetis Klink Emerger #24
tomgamber
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Out west and on "normal " Pa
streams (not Penns) 12 is fine. I tie #12s too. But its not the delusion of grandeur type of fly we see at the Jam. Love the recipe though. But I'm just funnin'. Tie what you catch fish on.
