ah, that's really what I was getting at. I guess I could have asked that specifically. lol
What's in your vise?
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Not much. Nice ties. Nice to see you on the board.
I recently acquired a couple of Woodchuck Tails. The Woodchuck is a ubiquitous rodent in the Eastern US and Canada but his cousin we know as Marmots out here in the West. I was unfamiliar with Woodchuck hair specifically, but did understand it was really just another big squirrel. So, I knocked out a few different patterns to see how I could best use the Woodchuck Tail hair. I found it very similar to Fox Squirrel tail hair--medium fine, not hollow and rather easy to stack. The color however was a much more dark mottled look with a lot of tail hair having white tips. Made for very attractive dark colored flies.
Wulff style with WC wing and tail
Wulff style with WC wing, tail and body from WC tail fluff
Stonefly style with WC tail and wing
Stonefly style with WC tail and wing
Trude style with WC wing
Muddler style with WC tail and wing
Cricket style with WC tail and wing
Wulff style with WC wing and tail
Wulff style with WC wing, tail and body from WC tail fluff
Stonefly style with WC tail and wing
Stonefly style with WC tail and wing
Trude style with WC wing
Muddler style with WC tail and wing
Cricket style with WC tail and wing
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A few more leggy hair days and some original circus peanuts
@Mike Cline my desk calendar for yesterday...haha
I feel like there's woodchuck Chuck Norris pattern in there...
I feel like there's woodchuck Chuck Norris pattern in there...
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I recently deactivated FB, and Instagram. I no longer have any social media accounts on those kinds of platforms. I miss the old Westfly board. Not much goin on on the Westfly Reddit. This seems like a pretty dang active site.
It does beg the question…”How much wood………”
Especially this thread!
Fran Betters used woodchuck a lot! I use the guard hairs from patches of body fur for tails, like in Fran Betters' Ausable Bomber (a great moutain stream dry fly).
I'm diggin it! I seem to be kind of binge tier anymore. I want to be more consistent. This thread is motivation for sure.
... And any thread about otters ...
(several old Westflyers on the site)
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Earrings for my 8yr olds squad (the Slay Queens) who have a glow dance party tomorrow. Ferda squad!
Ausable Bomber, size 14. I used a barred ginger hackle instead of the mixed brown and grizzly (or cree) that is canon.
Some nice background on the fly here: https://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2014/11/ausable-bomber-rough-cut.html
Some nice background on the fly here: https://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2014/11/ausable-bomber-rough-cut.html
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