Really diggin' the look of that moose. I'll be curious how it holds up as all of the moose mane I've used hasn't really held up all that well....could have been that batch or it could have been the material or....Pine squirrel poofy nymph
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Moose and muskrat nymph
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It ain't holding up, haha. Hoping for 2 or 3 fish from it, maybe.Really diggin' the look of that moose. I'll be curious how it holds up as all of the moose mane I've used hasn't really held up all that well....could have been that batch or it could have been the material or....
Have you tried coating it with cement of some sorts? Then again, that may take away from that "buggier" look...It ain't holding up, haha. Hoping for 2 or 3 fish from it, maybe.
I used a little bit much, so couldn't get a great thread head to finish off the fly. And despite the heavy resin covering it, it doesn't scream durability.
I'm going to toy with it a little more. I also like the look of it. But I agree with you, seems fragile.
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Juvenile crawdad…
I haven't. The strands of the moose hair are large enough I think it'll look fairly similar.Have you tried coating it with cement of some sorts? Then again, that may take away from that "buggier" look...
That is a very nicely tied and versatile fly! I believe it evolved from Fran Betters Haystack and Usual flies.
Thank you for the advice.That is a very nicely tied and versatile fly! I believe it evolved from Fran Betters Haystack and Usual flies.
On my comparisons, I spread the wing out 180 degrees, so some horizontal hair sits on the surface tension of the water.
Nice wing!Thank you for the advice.
This one I got a little better spread on the deer this morning.
Struggling on whip finish. Thinking about doing it behind the wing, after I finish dubbing.
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No…it’s a variation of Galloup’s Belly Bumper Craw. He adds a third squirrel zonker strip on top of the body…I purposely left it off to make a slimmer profile fly to cast with my 175 gr skagit head and my 10’ 9” Contact II…but after looking at it, the body seemed too thin, so I took the velcro to it. I’ll dub the body a bit thicker on the next ones, and in olive & brown.Is that on a tube ?
Crawdads are in most rivers & streams...and the colors they come in are quite varied...I absolutely love fishing craws. Slight color variation of a pattern I've been using with great success last few years:View attachment 103938
I almost always use them in lakes. Honestly kind of a go to pattern with a sinking line.Crawdads are in most rivers & streams...and the colors they come in are quite varied...