Terry Murphy
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Bass are looking for hoppers and frogs.
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GoldenRfly
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What size hook on your hopper? I like that pattern.
Terry Murphy
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Size 4
Kms
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I found some cool mop material with long shiny fibers that shift light/dark depending on the angle.
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nfrechet
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Pack Rat
Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent pink yarn
Body - Black wool
Wing - Gray fox
Hackle - Olive dyed grizzly or substitute
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
hooker-of-men
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Pack Rat
Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent pink yarn
Body - Black wool
Wing - Gray fox
Hackle - Olive dyed grizzly or substitute
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
He can't quit!
laurelhighlander
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Topwater fly for smallmouth
Shawn_H
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Very rare to see something unique/new - that looks great. Articulated? What is the tail?
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March Brown
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hares ear dubbing
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
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March Brown
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hares ear dubbing
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
A great old fly I use all the time. Well done.
laurelhighlander
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Thanks man, yes it's articulated, the back is just a shank with mop tail and dubbing
hooker-of-men
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#12 The ol' reliable
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Esoxbum
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I havn’t used any of the kapok yet. Just some of the P.H. dubbing he sent me
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Esoxbum
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Oh yeah, the post is the poly cord you sent me! It looks yellow/gold from my lamp
Esoxbum
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Step by step? Thread base, tie in tailing, tie down foam in rear, dub shank, tie down foam in front, underwing/wing, fold back foam, dubbing/add rubber legs/poly? Looks like ol’ reliable is roughly the same? The part I circled is throwing me off. Doesn’t look visible in the second picture (I’m sure is due to camera angle or such)
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Esoxbum
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Is that tailing/shuck? Or just the underwing/camera angle trick my brain thingy?
hooker-of-men
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There is just a crystal flash (in this case black) tail under the foam. Otherwise, you've got it:
1) thread base and flash tail
2) tie down rear foam
3) peacock herl body (kapok for the white one)
4) tie down front foam (I believe there is a middle tie down in the OG pattern to create 3 body segments. I do it sometimes.)
5) flash underwing (matching the tail) and hair wing
6) tie back the head
7) legs, poly sighter, dubbing
Edit: Huh. I just watched a couple videos out of curiosity, and it appears that at some point I added the flash tail and underwing to the original recipe. Must've been in my cups, but I've been doing it that way for years.
