I've been working through some dark Hendrickson flymphs patterns lately. Different combinations of dubbing and such. I've settled on this one I believe. Claret silk Dark brassy dun hackle Reddish copper wire rib Bronze mallard tail Abdomen of 50/50 muskrat and hare's poll Thorax of 50/50 muskrat and...

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I don't think a thorax makes much difference in how the hackles behave as far as collapsing. Contrary to popular belief the hackles when underwater will not fold up tight to the body. Larger flies swung in fast current may push back a bit but won't collapse like many believe. Propping the hackles up...

I have tried this technique with Kid Mohair which is a little finer and softer. It worked fine but was still a bit more scraggly. What happens is the coarser the dubbing the less tangled up with the chenille it becomes when you dub onto the chenille. When you go to brush it out too much of it is pul...

Hey Ron, the actual Fuzzle Dub fibers are about 1" in length. It is very fine. Very similar to Senyo's Lazer Dubbing or Bernat Acrylic yarn.

This is the Wapsi (UTC) Herl Chenille in root beer that I used. I liked the Wapsi colors better. They seemed a bit more translucent. This is the MFC Lucent Chenille

It was great. Bob joined Ronr and I at Jim’s for about 3 days. We had a nice time and fishing was good. Even a great Tuesday Tying night. We fished the west fork and mostly between the lakes. Caught some nice fish and lost better ones.

I found it under 2 different names. MFC has it as Micro Lucent Chenille and UTC has it as Micro Herl Chenille. Both are a crystal chenille about 2mm diameter. I found the MFC stuff at Galloup's Slide Inn and the UTC at Arrick's in W. Yellowstone. You just dub a good amount of dubbing right onto the ...

When I was in Bozeman area I came across an extra small crystal chenille by UTC that was sold on spools. Karsten (fly fisha) introduced me to fuzzle flies years ago and I have found them very productive especially the Fuzzle Tadpole and Fuzzle Bugger as well as my version of a Fuzzle Minnow. When I ...

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