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by Old Hat » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:11 pm
Iron Blue Wingless
Hook: 16 Sprite Trout
Silk: crimson or claret
Hackle: honey dun hen hackle with red points or a very dark honey dun
Tail: two short dark honey dun cock fibers
Rib: fine gold wire optional
Body: dark mole spun on crimson silk very thin at tail to expose silk.
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letumgo
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by letumgo » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:27 pm
Gee whiz! That is a beaut! I love the look of your hackle feather. It looks like a rare shade of honey dun.
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by Old Hat » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:39 pm
It is a real nice random honey dun hen saddle I found. Creamy dun center and nice red tips.
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by redietz » Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:25 pm
Very nice.
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by Mataura mayfly » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:35 am
That's a keeper.
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by tie2fish » Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:16 am
That's a beauty, Carl.
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by William Anderson » Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:59 am
Carl, this is a beautiful tie of the classic. The tones on this hackle really are great. Sparse and simple.
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by Ron Eagle Elk » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:47 pm
Carl, Wonderful dressing. I managed to snag a couple of Hebert Miner Honey Dun Hen necks while I was at Jim's. He had every shade of dun list you could imagine. I prefer the almost white list with honey tips for my PMD flymph
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by Roadkill » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:49 pm
Great fly Old Hat!!
In 1987 after reading TAoTtWF&FtF I went on a 2 year hunt in NW fly shops to find the right mole to tie this pattern. Jack Dennis came through in his shop.
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by letumgo » Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:50 pm
Bill - Can you elaborate on what properties you were looking for in the mole? Was it a specific color?
