Moderators: William Anderson, letumgo
-
Johnno
- Posts: 754
- Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:09 pm
- Location: Nelson New Zealand
Post
by Johnno » Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:33 am
Little Brown Darter.
Hook is 3xl 16 to 10 of choice with a gunmetal bead to match the size. Orange thread, brown micro rubber tails and gunmetal flat wire rib over brown Turkey quill which has been put into a dubbing loop with a tiny pinch of fine tan Antron ( double magic dubbing technique - ). Thorax of natural hares ear mixed with a smidge of tan ice dub and finished off with a pink-brown cdc hackle
- B483245A-60C1-4D91-BB92-A4B0EE6AC25A.jpeg (266.37 KiB) Viewed 2974 times
-
letumgo
- Site Admin
- Posts: 13346
- Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm
- Location: Buffalo, New York
-
Contact:
Post
by letumgo » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:29 am
Wild! There is a lot going on in this pattern. I have got to give these a try.
I wish I could watch you tye one of these, to see the techniques.
Lovely bug John!
-
DUBBN
- Posts: 1708
- Joined: Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:41 pm
Post
by DUBBN » Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:15 am
Johnno wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:33 am
Little Brown Darter.
Hook is 3xl 16 to 10 of choice with a gunmetal bead to match the size. Orange thread, brown micro rubber tails and gunmetal flat wire rib over brown Turkey quill which has been put into a dubbing loop with a tiny pinch of fine tan Antron ( double magic dubbing technique - ). Thorax of natural hares ear mixed with a smidge of tan ice dub and finished off with a pink-brown cdc hackle
B483245A-60C1-4D91-BB92-A4B0EE6AC25A.jpeg
If it produces anything like this one, it's a winner.
