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Honeybear orange
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:38 pm
by letumgo
HoneyBear Orange (HBO)
Hook - Mustad Size 12
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (black)
Hackle - Honeydun Hen Saddle (intentionally full)
Abdomen - New Zealand Wool Yarn (Orange)
Thorax - Black Bear Underfur (Natural)
just playing...
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:42 pm
by Premerger
Hi Ray, what is the recipe for your Honeybear and what water will you use it in? Depth and velocity -
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:49 pm
by letumgo
Tim - I was adding the recipe when you posted. I will fish this soon (hopefully). The water is currently flowing low and clear. Hopefully we get some rain soon, to bring in the fall steelhead.
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:35 pm
by Mataura mayfly
Very nice and tidy work Ray.
Not far removed from my own main variation of Mark L's Lil Dorothy, same orange yarn and near same hackle colour- different thorax and a hook size or two above what I normally tie.
Are you going to try for some Steelhead this fall with it?
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:58 pm
by letumgo
Jeff - Yes, and hopefully soon.
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:21 am
by tie2fish
Really, really nice, Ray ... a soft hackle October caddis perhaps? Bring a few to Troutoberfest, OK?
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:35 am
by Donald Nicolson
A very interesting fly.
In larger hooks it might be a worthwhile steelhead/sea-trout fly.
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:30 am
by DUBBN
Top shelf as always. Well done sir.
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:46 am
by Smuggler
That is a spectacular fly Ray. Nice choice on the saddle, love that color.
Re: Honeybear orange
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:18 pm
by letumgo
Bill & Donald - Thanks for the additional ideas. I find it fun to play with a theme, and change it up. I liked both ideas. I've already tyed a smaller version, on a curve shank TUE hook, to serve as an orange caddis imitation. I then tyed a large steelhead fly, but got distracted by some new rubberbands I had on my tying desk. The rubberband ended up getting substituted for the orange wool yarn, and the hackle got swapped out with woodduck (folded and wrapped as a pseudo spey collar).
Just having fun.