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Cruncher

Post by ScottP » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:00 am

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Got on a dyeing jag after watching a few Davie McPhail vids - hackle and body biot (original called for dyed stripped peacock herl, of which I had none) were not exactly the right shade, but turned out okay (golden yellow first, then 90 seconds in the olive).

hook - Mustad 94840 #12
thread - UTC 70 woodduck
tail - hen dyed golden olive
abdomen - turkey biot dyed golden olive
thorax - peacock herl
buds - biot yellow/orange
hackle - hen dyed golden olive


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Scott
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Re: Cruncher

Post by Old Hat » Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:41 pm

Pattern turned out nice. I think the color is wonderful.
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Re: Cruncher

Post by novabass » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:38 am

Great looking fly!
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Re: Cruncher

Post by William Anderson » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:42 am

Scott, you have impeccable skill and a nice eye for details. This is a beautifully constructed fly. Could you tell me more about it's origin, or it's intent. I've tied piles of flies experimenting with materials and combinations and they all catch fish, but I wonder if this had a more entomological purpose.

I especially like the biot body on this. I've been using a rusty goose biot on some spinners and I just can't get a clean of a segmentation as this. Nicely done, as usual.

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Re: Cruncher

Post by ScottP » Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:10 pm

Thanks all, glad you like it.

William,
Saw the fly while poking around on the interweb, then found a video from Davie McPhail tying it in these colors, so I gave it a shot (subbing biot for his quill body). Apparently, it's a stillwater pattern, but it looks like it would work in moving water, as well.

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