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DUBBN wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:46 am Why my pets hate me

Fishnkilts wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:03 am I have a friend who lives in the United Kingdom and he sent me a large bag of underfur from his dogs last Spring. I immediately used it for the bodies for dry flies to use on the South St. Vrain Creek and they proved to be flies that were not a waste of time to tie because the fish readily took them.

Yesterday I finished tying a box of flies for my neighbor. It was his birthday awhile back and his father gave him a very nice fly box, but it was empty. I told my neighbor to give it to me and I would gladly fill it for him with some of my favorite flies. In doing so, and thinking how well the soft hackled flies have been doing lately on the South St. Vrain I got to thinking that may I can come up with something in a soft hackled version using my British friends dog hair.

SO what I did was I took some dog hair and combined it with underfur from a hares mask. I grabbed my bag of chickabou and began tying. I think I came up with something that will work.


Hook #14 Firehole 609
Thread Pearsalls gold ( I believe it's the gold )
Body Hares mask and dog fur
Ribbing GoldOval Tinsel
Tail Dyed Mallard Flank



I'll be tying more up this evening to try out these next few days. I'll let you all know how they work out.

Mike62 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:18 pm

Fishnkilts wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:03 am I have a friend who lives in the United Kingdom and he sent me a large bag of underfur from his dogs last Spring. I immediately used it for the bodies for dry flies to use on the South St. Vrain Creek and they proved to be flies that were not a waste of time to tie because the fish readily took them.

Yesterday I finished tying a box of flies for my neighbor. It was his birthday awhile back and his father gave him a very nice fly box, but it was empty. I told my neighbor to give it to me and I would gladly fill it for him with some of my favorite flies. In doing so, and thinking how well the soft hackled flies have been doing lately on the South St. Vrain I got to thinking that may I can come up with something in a soft hackled version using my British friends dog hair.

SO what I did was I took some dog hair and combined it with underfur from a hares mask. I grabbed my bag of chickabou and began tying. I think I came up with something that will work.


Hook #14 Firehole 609
Thread Pearsalls gold ( I believe it's the gold )
Body Hares mask and dog fur
Ribbing GoldOval Tinsel
Tail Dyed Mallard Flank



I'll be tying more up this evening to try out these next few days. I'll let you all know how they work out.

I like it.

I've been wanting to clip some hair from one of our dogs when my wife is at work. He's an Australian Shepard with that rusty reddish tannish-thing going on. Your St.Vrain fly has inspired me to tie up my own St.Froid version with a wee color change.

hankaye wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:23 am Mike62, Howdy;

Found with Rascal, the underfur was the best. Easiest way to gather is with the brush.
Your dog will enjoy contributing as well.

hank

(from Mike62) We raise, or used to, Scotch Highland cattle and the underfur from those cows made fantastic bodies.