Red Rum (howling at the moon)

[letumgo]

Red Rum
Hook - Daiichi Model 1710 (Size 14)
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Camel)
Hackle - Hungarian Partridge (Natural Gray)
Rib - Fine Gold Wire/Ultra Wire/Size SM
Abdomen - Pheasant Tail Fibers (Dyed Blood Red)
Thorax - Werewolf Tups Blend (tups wool blend with strands of walnut yarn)
Legs - Six Pheasant Tail Tips (pulled up and back)

This is my Halloween submission. The name is a reference to the movie "The Shining".

The photo does not do the colors justice. The red abdomen and leg fibers really look cool.

Happy Halloween!

[Roadkill]

Cool Fly but you had better not knock on the front door and yell "Honey, I'm home!".

[letumgo]

[ronr]

a selfie when the fish outsmart me again

[RickA]

Ray,
A little more on that werewolf thorax.
Is that a Paul Beel Frankendub (FrankenFly) blend or just a creation of your magic fingers?
Either way, that looks like it would come alive the moment it hit the water.
I like it.

[letumgo]

Ron -

Rick - This is my own crazy dubbing blend. Part Valla’s Tups wool dubbing blend, mixed with longer stands of Wool Ease Yarn Dubbing (Walnut/127) multicolored yarn. The fibers of the dubbing blend were touch-dubbed onto well waxed tying thread, then wrapped forward over the thorax region. Fibers end up creating a fuzzy (furry) halo around the abdomen. I dig the scruffy look, and am hopeful that it will catch fish.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Really nice, Ray. Love the scruffy look the longer yarn strands make. I'd bet money on it being a fish catcher.

[DOUGSDEN]

Wow Ray!
How can this pattern not be a killer (murderer)? It is gorgeous and I like the long guard hairs on the abdomen! Yea, it's a go! Have you fished it yet?
Doug's Baaaack!
(Ron, that pic is a classic! It fits right in!)