Jack, These samples of rope-dubbed fly bodies are tied with a mixture of squirrel and spikey hare’s mask (ears) dubbing. On the real samples, the segmentation stands out a lot more because of lighting.
Does the pattern call for dubbing this spikey? It also looks like the tail fibers of twisted pearl mylar flash are basic to the pattern. (not shown) Do you have an official pattern recipe to include with the swap info? Also, do you have the official background story of the crawfish caught on one? (my intro post) THANKS! DonO From: Jack Harford Sent: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Sign-up list update 3-- 1st Swap, 2019 - Pink Squirrel Nymph Don I think the spikey squirrel is just the ticket for the pink squirrel . . . . Tight lines, Jack On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:53 PM DonO <[email protected]> wrote: Jack, Would the proper recipe dubbing be a spikey squirrel? So where’s Nick R. these days? Talking about the squirrel reminds me of him. Hoping to hear from Deb also. DonO From: Jack Harford Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Sign-up list update 3-- 1st Swap, 2019 - Pink Squirrel Nymph Yep Pink Squirrel is a WI pattern. I think it came out of the Driftless Angler Fly Shop in Viroqua WI. On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 11:00 PM DonO <[email protected] wrote: Jack, Thanks for the story- very interesting. I’ve got some ‘upgrades’ to the basic pattern for you to try. Lots of variations in Google images, but no rope-dub grub patterns. Wisconsin is the ‘home’ for this pattern, isn’t it? DonO From: Jack Harford Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 5:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Sign-up list update 3-- 1st Swap, 2019 - Pink Squirrel Nymph Hi Don . . . Count me in too if we have a couple of months as recently posted. Did a trip to Wisconsin to visit my son and go to Kyle Zempel's trout camp. I was introduced to the Pink Squirrel at that time and landed a few trout with a tenkara rod. On returning to Indianapolis I ventured to the local pond with the Pink Squirrel still attached and decided what the heck let's just toss it in and see what happens. The fly hit the surface and about a foot under the water a big, really big sinister silver thing flashed on the fly and immediately broke me off. I have since tried pink squirrel flies several times on that pond and to my dismay have never gotten a single bite . . . not even from a bluegill. 😉 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. 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