The challenge thread!

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I'll take the Pink Pookie. 

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Pink Pookie / Dean Reiner / Livingston MT

Hook: 2XL nymph hook (this one’s a 12)*

Thread: Red UTC Ultra-Thread 140 Denier

Foam: 2mm craft foam. Tan foam for the wing, pink for the belly.

Under-Wing: Natural deer hair or cow elk.

Indicator Post: Small slip of 2mm craft foam– Orange

Legs: Rubber legs, medium yellow/black barred

* I like a nymph hook instead of a dry. They seem to tip over less on the water.

Super glue is my friend with foam flies.

 

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Next challenge. How about an Ausable Wulff

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Just now, tferg said:

Pink Pookie / Dean Reiner / Livingston 

 

 

Awesome!  Looks very clean

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Thanks Squeezy. My photo skills might be worse than my tying skills ha ha.

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23 minutes ago, tferg said:

Thanks Squeezy. My photo skills might be worse than my tying skills ha ha.

I wish I had half of either skill. That looks great to me!  I’m a sucker for foam flies. Nothing beats a top water bite

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11 hours ago, tferg said:

Pink Pookie

Nice tie

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15 hours ago, tferg said:

Next challenge. How about an Ausable Wulff

 

Nice choice, one of my favorite tyers - I'll take it.

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Ausable Wulff

Hook: #12  dry

Thread: Fire orange, 8/0

Tail: Woodchuck tail 

Wing: White calf tail

Body: Australian possum dyed burnt orange

Hackle: Brown and grizzly 

Notes: 

The original pattern,  created in the 60's by Ausable River legend and fly shop owner Francis Betters, calls for tailing of woodchuck guard hairs.  I prefer the hairs from the tail which are a tad thicker and much stiffer.  The tails are cheap and they make a great tailing material.  

I have read in several places that Mr. Betters' original body was undyed Australian possum, but he changed it to a dyed burn orange after noticing many of the bugs on the Ausable had an orange hue to their bodies, which he attributed to the minerals in the local waters.  That may also be the reason for his use of bright orange thread in many of his patterns.    

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Next up: Mark Libertone's Genesee Jewel

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44 minutes ago, cencalfly said:

I'll take the Mark Libertone Genesee Jewel

👍 Love your ties.  Can't wait to see it.  

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That’s puuuurdy Cencal!

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3 hours ago, cencalfly said:

Genesee Jewel

Nice  

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i'll take the quill wing march brown wet fly