niveker 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2020 I would add a comparadun/sparkle dun style fly, deer hair wing and/or snowshoe hair wing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill_729 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 3:01 PM, haziz said: , it reminded me of how much I dislike tying with or spinning deer hair. I guess I will have to bite the bullet and practice it over and over again. I'm not sure what you don't like about it (given you have strong thread--3/0?). I sort of dislike that it can be time consuming. I don't know if it is "standard technique", but some of the results I like best (maybe just "dense-ist") have come when I physically compress the deer hair, using both hands, and pushing from the left, as I add more and more hair. Comments on this technique (particularly) welcome. I have a love/hate relationship with the "hair-cut" part! I have probably tied more deer hair bugs that I will probably never use more than any other type of fly--I should salvage some of my hooks. I guess the ones I am thinking of I tied using "carabou" (too soft, probably). I think non-tyers are especially impressed by a well-tied deer hair bug...it stands like magic unbeknownst to them how the hair could be attached to the hook the way it appears... P.S. I hope no one here thinks I'm an elitist because I used the word "unbeknownst", I think it's got a poetic ring to it--maybe a grammarian will let me know whether I used it correctly. : ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2020 For lakes, a Carey Special. If you have Stoneflies, a girdle bug or a Brooks Stone nymph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
