Cottontail Flymph

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Cottontail Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:59 am

Happy Easter everyone!

An e-greeting this morning with singing Cottontail bunnies inspired me to tie the Cottontail Flymph... ;)

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Hook-Mustad 3906 #12
Tan tying thread
Tail-Arctic Fox dubbing
Body-Dark Hare's Ear Antron/Hare dubbing
Hackle-Honey Dun Hen
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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by Old Hat » Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:58 pm

Nice combo Bill! That should make a nice diving Caddis pattern.
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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:18 am

Carl,

Do you tie a soft hackle diving caddis for the Mother's Day Caddis? During the hatches that used to coat my pickup's grill ;) , I have used a hair wing dry with an egg cluster on the back but I don't think I have tied a true diving SH for the Grannom.
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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by letumgo » Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:25 pm

Happy belated Easter! I was away this past weekend, so I am just catching up on the posts from this past weekend.

I immediately thought diving caddis, when I look at this pattern. I need to pull out Gary LaFontain's caddis book again. It's been a while since I've studied that book. I like the profile. I think once it gets wet, it will look like a juicy pupa.

Beautiful pattern. I hope you tied a whole row of these for your fly box. I think you will be happy with the results.
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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by fishhead » Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:31 pm

Great pattern. Did you get a chance to fish it yet? This is one I'll copy and fish for sure thanks for sharing.
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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by Stendalen » Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:19 pm

Nice, I like these "scruffy" type of constructions!

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Re: Cottontail Flymph

Post by William Anderson » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:10 pm

Bill, I'm sorry to be so late to show my appreciation for the Easterly offering. That's a very funny take on the cottontail and no doubt a very effective pattern.
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