Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by novabass » Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:04 pm

I really like the top one, nice!
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by letumgo » Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:04 am

Jeff - I like those a lot, especially the first one. A nice plump little morsel for a hungry fish. Nice design.
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by DUBBN » Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:22 pm

Finally found a Jackrabbit foot (Lepus californicus). Used it for the underwing.

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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by Smuggler » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:38 pm

Good stuff Wayne, thanks for posting this one.
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by novabass » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:40 pm

Good looking fly!
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by Mataura mayfly » Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:03 pm

Wayne, I really like what you have come up with here. Reminds me of scaled down Irish Lough flies.
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by DUBBN » Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:36 pm

It was a roadkill rabbit (Hare). A golden eagle, 9 Magpies, and a coyote threatened to kick my butt if I took anything other than the foot. ;-) People driving by look really weird at a person that is hacking off a rabbits foot with a utility knife.
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by Mataura mayfly » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:04 am

You mean you do not carry a "roadkill" kit in the truck?
Utility knives are kind of slow and cumbersome- bypass secateurs are just the "ducks nuts" for lopping off hare feet and the faster you can harvest them- the less chance of the natives getting restless as to you pinching their dinner. ;)
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by tie2fish » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:31 am

That is a stunning fly, Wayne.
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Re: Flymph Challenge - Rabbits Foot Dubbing

Post by William Anderson » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:10 am

tie2fish wrote:That is a stunning fly, Wayne.
It sure is. That is a really nice effect with the underwing.
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