use of golden badger dry fly neck

[RTM]

A few days ago I saw somebody mention a silver badger neck and it made wonder what flies I could tie using a nice golden badger dry fly neck that I have. Any ideas of flies to use in the eastern portion of Pa.

 

[tctrout]

I really like to use badger hackle on the Wulff series of flies; here's a video using one:

TC

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WcJZb3VjQ[/youtube]

 

[nfrechet]

i dont know if these will work in pa or not

orange fish hawk wet fly

dark spruce streamer

big hole demons

http://www.drakemag.com/message-boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26237


be creative. experiment

 

[EricK]

What about a Conover? Good looking traditional dry.

Otherwise, I can't think of dries that specify golden badger. A little creative substitution on standard patterns could be rewarding.

I could tell you golden badger would make a handsome hackle on a Humpy. With a green or tan body, could be the ticket in the riffles when caddis are about. A Lime Trude or H & L would probably look pretty sharp with golden badger, too.

 

[sandfly]

green drake spinner, just about any dry you want to add a little darker in thorax. Great for minnow pattern streamers..

 

[Chooch]

It is perfect for Green Drake duns.

 

[redietz]

nfrechet wrote:
i dont know if these will work in pa or not

orange fish hawk wet fly

dark spruce streamer

big hole demons

I'm not familiar with the third, but the first two will work just about anywhere.

There's also a dry version of the orange fish hawk.

 

[Tiogadog]

Parachute Hare's Ear

 

[afishinado]

Badger Bivisible. Old school fly that works. Great for skittering on the surface.