Glenn,
A favorite wet fly that I tie ,I like mixing dark claret yarn in my
dark hare ear fur. #8 -3x fine wire hook ,weighted ,copper wire rib
,no tail ,and a few turns of grouse hackle in front. Brown spotted
hen will also work.
That sounds good. Thank for the pattern. I'll ties some of those up.
I think I'll also mix some claret yarn in with bit of my dark cat fur
and see how that works.
My cat hair nymph has been my go-to fly when nothing's hitting on the
surface. I call it the "Lucky Grouch" nymph. It's really simple:
#14 3906B with a dark cat fur abdomen, ribbed with thin gold wire,
and a lighter fur thorax with and sometimes without a turkey quill
wing case (doesn't seem to make a lot of difference).
That takes us right back to the quote that Jimmy Moore sent out yesterday:
'Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown and fuzzy and about
five-eighths of an inch long.'" Allison Moir - "Love the Man,
Love the Fly Rod"
Thanks again for the idea with the claret yarn.
And have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Allan
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Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
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