Rowley's raccoon is a variation of Lasha's raccoon. Both of which are similar a Lady McConnel w/out the hackle and ostritch herl for gills at the bend, just before the tail. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Speaker Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Raccoon fly I think y'all are talking about the Lasha Raccoon. Here's a copy of my
original post, where I noted my tweaked version of the raccoon. The
original fly uses a grizzly hackle tip for a tail, I just like poly yarn
better and it seems to work great...
hook: tmc 101 (#14 - 24)
tail: white poly yarn
shellback: light elkhair tied in by tips
rear hackle: couple wraps of grizzly
rib: silver wire
body: fine black dub
thorax: fine peacock herl
I'm actually experimenting more with this pattern, attempting to come up
with an "improved raccoon" pattern... mainly trying to get it to ride more
like the naturals as they arch their wings up out of the water and try to
get their butts out of the shucks. I'll post my results if any of my
experiments appear to be more successful than the original.
-tight lines-
Jim Speaker
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of T. Lang
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Raccoon fly
Interesting how names for things (blueback, cutthroat, smelt, euchelon,
etc.) don't always mean the same thing. Morris does mention something about
chir. emegergers in his article.
So what is the pattern we're REALLY looking for?
Tom
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