Need help with a fly

[SilverCreek 0]

I don't think the material is snowshoe rabbit foot fur. The fibers are too consistent in diameter and are cut off. Note that the snowshoe rabbit on Fran Better's Usual below. Natural materials demonstrates biologic variation in color, thickness, shape (some is crinkly/some is straight), and diameter. The material on the fly does not. I think it is macrame cord material or white zelon/antron.

 

I used macrame cord for the parachute fly below the Fran Better's Usual.

 

 

[flytire 0]

Bingo TB

 

We have a winner! 😀👍

[Sandan 0]

Looks like snow shoe rabbit, modified usual

That's what I thought

[Piker20 0]

This... and it isn't snowshoe hare - from Blue Ribbon Flies:

 

 

Zelon floats, Antron does not float:

 

https://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/how-to/antron_vs_zelon/

 

For small sizes, use Improved Micro Zelon:

 

https://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/shop/improved_micro_zelon/

 

 

PT/TB

 

Can the zelon be used in split thread so it flares around the hook? Looks like a simple effective pattern.

[spiralspey 0]

I think PT got it right. My first impression when I saw the photo was that it was snowshoe hare foot, but now I'm thinking more likely z-lon with a little grizzly.

[vicrider 0]

If the Adams works but you want to skip the wings, in midges you can just tie an Adams without wings, the fish generally won't know the difference.

That's okay except he said an Adams parachute. If you're tying many size 26 Adams with wings you're doing some amazing work. I had tied some with wings down to size 28 using a magnifier over the vise. I did it just for fun and to have a few around to show people. You're correct an Adams with just the hackle in that size is going to catch anything one with wings is going to but the parachute version I find much easier to tie myself in small sizes than one with wings.

[phg 0]

 

If the Adams works but you want to skip the wings, in midges you can just tie an Adams without wings, the fish generally won't know the difference.

That's okay except he said an Adams parachute. If you're tying many size 26 Adams with wings you're doing some amazing work. I had tied some with wings down to size 28 using a magnifier over the vise. I did it just for fun and to have a few around to show people. You're correct an Adams with just the hackle in that size is going to catch anything one with wings is going to but the parachute version I find much easier to tie myself in small sizes than one with wings.

 

...but is it an Adams, or just a gray midge? If you use 3 barbs of moose mane for the tail, you might have to call it a Thunderhead...

[planettrout 0]

 

This... and it isn't snowshoe hare - from Blue Ribbon Flies:

 

 

Zelon floats, Antron does not float:

 

https://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/how-to/antron_vs_zelon/

 

For small sizes, use Improved Micro Zelon:

 

https://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/shop/improved_micro_zelon/

 

 

PT/TB

Can the zelon be used in split thread so it flares around the hook? Looks like a simple effective pattern.

 

I would imagine that by using the Marc Petitjean Magic Tool. one could stuff anything in split thread or a dubbing loop and then use it for hackling:

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj7zaX2hazbAhVoi1QKHSpaC78Qjxx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPhGB_tiNJ28&psig=AOvVaw2-zJYv0g7--YAWcEz5WWlH&ust=1527721950177149

 

 

These are some other Craig Matthews Zelon Midges that do not use hackle. The are tied on TMC 2488 hooks, using regular straight Zelon. One can really go small with these using Micro Zelon and Semperfli 18/0 Nano Silk...

 

 

 

PT/TB

[Highdesert 0]

Skittering Zelon Midge, I knew it had a name. Great resources on this site. Good info on Zelon vs. Antron. If you tie some up, they work great during a hatch but also when the sun is going down and you can't tell what they are eating off the surface. I am not sure how they can see it but they do. The olive also doubles as a micro bwo if you see some on your local tail waters.