Showing posts with label snowshoe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowshoe. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Snow-shoe Hare Comparadun


Hook: #14 Dry Fly Hook (TMC 100)
Thread: black 70 denier
Tail: show-shoe hare's foot
Body: Hare's Ear dubbin
Wing: show-shoe hare's foot

Monday, December 29, 2014

Showshoe & UV Finish Emergers


The flies above are the result of some experimentation I've done with #16 Klinkhamer hooks and snowshoe hare's feet wings. Both bodies were finished using Loon's Clear UV Finish - Thin. On the left, I spiral-wrapped dun WonderWrap with UV Pearl Flashabou wrapped between the WonderWrap spirals. On the right, I used a grizzly hackle quill. The idea is that the bodies will easily sink below the surface, with the super-boyant showshoe hare keeping them afloat in the surface film.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Snowshoe winged Light Cahill


Hook: #14 TMC 100 dry 
Thread: Orvis Primrose (pale yellow) 8/0
Tail: Cream Hackle fibers
Body: custom Light Cahill fur blend
Wing: snowshoe rabbit's foot, cream 
Hackle: cream

This is a pattern I picked up from Bob Wikoff, who incidentally also provided the dubbin and the snowshoe rabbit's foot.