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21 hours ago, Heff2 said:

catskill style quill body mahogany dun

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PARACHUTE MADAAM X (PMX)

Hook - size 12 3XL

Thread - Flo orange 140 UTC/black 70 UTC

Tail - Bleached elk

Body - Flo orange UTC 140

Wing - Bleached elk hair

Legs - Clear/orange barred

Post - White poly

Hackle - Ginger

Thorax - UV peacock herl

I forgot something on the first fly. 

NEXT FLY - Smitherman's Draggin' Nymph Fly

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Norm, your Pigsticker was perfect! 
 

Those are some really nice PMX,  Poopdeck. 

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Smitherman's Draggin' Nymph Fly

Hook: 60 degree Jig hook, #10

Thread: Uni-Thread, 6/0, Olive

Abdomen: Senyo's Laser Dub, Light Olive

Collar: Hen saddle, Grizzly Olive

Thorax: SLF Dubbing, Olive

Legs: Crazy Legs, Pumpkin/Olive/Black Flake

Eyes: Bead Chain, Medium, Black

Really neat way to make a larger profile extended body with combed out dubbing. This one will be making it's way down to the pond this week.

Next up: Gotcha Bonefish Fly 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Chasing_Tails said:

Smitherman's Draggin' Nymph Fly

Very nice! 

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3 hours ago, Chasing_Tails said:

Smitherman's Draggin' Nymph Fly

Those pond fish don’t stand a chance. 

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Gotcha Bonefish fly

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hook: 1/0 salt 

Eyes: lg silver bead chain

thread: 6/0 pink un

body: diamond braid*
legs: root beer and orange sililegs

wing: tan craft fur 
 

*I didn’t have diamond braid so I twisted 8-10 strands of crystal flash together

next challenge fly is:  the Hood Rat or Lil’ Hood Rat from James Spicer 

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20 hours ago, Heff2 said:

Gotcha Bonefish fly

Nice and sparse.  

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Lil’ Hood Rat

  • Hook: Firehole 811, Size 8 or Gamagatsu B10s
  • Thread: Brown 6/0
  • Tail: Micro Chenille, Brown
  • Legs: Pine Squirrel Strips, Tan or Natural
  • Body: 2mm Foam, Tan

The next challenge fly is the Clown Shoe Caddis

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45 minutes ago, Fruitrollup said:

Lil’ Hood Rat

Very Nice,  hope you share a pic of it hanging from a brook trout mouth one day 

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