Using Jay wing feathers as substitute for dotterel

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Using Jay wing feathers as substitute for dotterel

Post by davidriley » Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:15 am

Couple of wet flies tied with Jay.

Jay & yellow spider

Hends BL599 size 14 hook with Danville’s flymaster 6/0 yellow thread and Jay hackle taken ( fawn feather from wing)
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Jay & blue spider
Same materials as above except used Uni-thread Doc blue
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Re: Using Jay wing feathers as substitute for dotterel

Post by letumgo » Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:50 pm

The Jay wing looks like an excellent dotterel sub. I especially like the yellow bodied fly.
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