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Jackson’s Clan Goat Variant

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A few minor material changes and reversed position of yarn butt and tail but the effect is similar.  Here’s his video if you’re interested.

hook - Maruto 206bl #8
thread - Uni 8/0 black
butt - yarn flame
tail - golden pheasant crest 
rib - Mirage Flashabou opal
body - dubbing black 
body hackle - black
1st shoulder - chukar dyed red (1 Tbs Rit Scarlet, 1 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/4 cups water)
2nd shoulder - black
3rd shoulder - chukar dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/ 1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

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I'm still tying for a future trip to Arizona for some trophy sunfish.

The guide I hired said "Tie something up that looks like baby crayfish, about an inch long, orange and green. I Googled Lake Havasu crayfish to see what they look like down there.

Here's what I came up with.

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Here's a herd of them.

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Hook- Size 10 jig hook

Thread- 6/0 olive unithread

Claws- ring-neck pheasant breast feathers died olive green

Weight- 30ga. lead wire or comp.

Legs- Chinese neck hackle, grizzly died orange

Body dubbing- half orange, half olive fluff from bottom of hackle feathers, blended

Eyes- melted yellow 40 lb. monofilament

Shell back- olive green grizzly hen hackle.

The last time I showed some crayfish similar to these a few people asked for and SBS so I did one up this time around. You can find it in the SBS sub-forum Here.

 

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5 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

I'm still tying for a future trip to Arizona for some trophy sunfish.

The guide I hired said "Tie something up that looks like baby crayfish, about an inch long, orange and green. I Googled Lake Havasu crayfish to see what they look like down there.

Here's what I came up with.

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Here's a herd of them.

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Hook- Size 10 jig hook

Thread- 6/0 olive unithread

Claws- ring-neck pheasant breast feathers died olive green

Weight- 30ga. lead wire or comp.

Legs- Chinese neck hackle, grizzly died orange

Body dubbing- half orange, half olive fluff from bottom of hackle feathers, blended

Eyes- melted yellow 40 lb. monofilament

Shell back- olive green grizzly hen hackle.

The last time I showed some crayfish similar to these a few people asked for and SBS so I did one up this time around. You can find it in the SBS sub-forum Here.

 

Nice work Mark- they look good!

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Great looking set of flies Mark!! The Arizona trophy "Sunnies" should love'em!!

Like that vise too 😁😁😁

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Blonde Dyret

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hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 tan
tail - deer hair bleached 
rib - x-small wire gold
body - hare’s ear dubbing (bleached)/Ice Dub tan
body hackle - ginger
shoulder - pheasant rump bleached

Regards,
Scott

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8 hours ago, DFoster said:

Nice work Mark- they look good!

 

6 hours ago, SalarMan said:

Great looking set of flies Mark!! The Arizona trophy "Sunnies" should love'em!!

Like that vise too 😁😁😁

Thanks guys.

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On 11/24/2021 at 4:47 AM, SBPatt said:

I haven’t done a whole skin, mainly because I’m still experimenting with dye formulas; I do smaller batches. Partridge, sharptail, pheasant, quail, etc al have their places. 

 

While not strictly a brown, I was real happy with this color, more of a coppery olive.

Regards,
Scott

That looks awesome. Would you mind sharing the formula for this one?

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7 hours ago, terp said:

Would you mind sharing the formula for this one?

Thanks. 4 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/2 Tsp Rit Camel/1 cup water

Regards,
Scott

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