Those are some fuzzy Buzzy critters! I like the heavy hook too….I'd be happy to test it for you! Very cool!
Purging two fly boxes today - I decided to take a close look at my collection of hares ears. The past couple years, during a decent mayfly hatch, I didn't seem to have much luck with mine. Then last fall I managed to hook and land a nice brown trout on a flash back hares ear I found tucked beneath a heavily dressed fly. These are 14's and the tails are too long, I need to tie a few 16's and maybe a few 18's as well.
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That’s TOO, TOO BIG!!!Got this pattern from a guide from Boise at a popular central Washington spring creek last year in April. It caught a few large rainbows so I tied some up this morning. Kudos to Finluver for telling me how to wrap ice dub. I can’t see any detail until I take a photo and blow it up.
hook: TMC2488 size 18
bead: 3/32 black chrome
tail/shellback: pheasant tail
rib: xs copper
abdomen: olive ice dub
thorax: root beer ice dub
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Split turkey biot again? Very fishy looking!Wiltshire's April Fool
Substitutions - know what that's all about! ;-) I was tying a Vampire Leech recently and didn't have the "usual" chartreuese bead so I subbed an orange bead. It caught a couple trout.Yes.
Only small error was instead of hares dubbing, squirrel's dubbing was recommended. I got lazy to look into dubbing box. I should stick to the recipe.