Maybe a little too much dubbing. (I love the old dressings!)

4. LITTLE WINTER BROWN; or LIGHT WOODCOCK.
HOOK – No. 1
WINGS – Hackled with a feather from the outside of a Woodcock's wing.
BODY – Orange silk, with a spare dubbing of Hare's ear.

letumgo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:33 am What make/model/size hook did you tie these on?

Deadly spiders!

Almost all my Spiders and soft hackles are tied on Daiichi #1550 hooks.

They don't get much simpler than a brown, silk thread body and a dark red grouse feather

Also did a few Yellow Spiders - WC Stewart style.

Yep, squirrel...brain fade from an OLD guy! Sorry.

Bob

Re: the lighter colored fur, it probably was belly fur. But I can't remember if I had a small pelt or whether someone had given me a small patch of a fox skin with various shades of fur.

As Mr. Bailey mentioned, the Black Magic Spiders I've been tying use a few wraps of copper wire under the peacock herl thorax.....with a black thread body, peacock herl thorax but, I use Starling hackles, including the "fuzzy" part of the hackle. Years ago, a fellow in the UK sent me the d...

Some more of my shaggy / over hackled wets.......

Awhile back, a fellow sent me some Australian possum dubbing that is very spiky and buggy (in my opinion), so I tried a few with partridge hackles.

I take an old jelly / jam jar, add some turmeric, maybe a tablespoon full (approx.), fill the jar 2/3 of the way up with warm water, then add a couple drops of white vinegar. Put the lid on the jar, shake the jar to dissolve the turmeric and then add the hackles. I leave the hackles to soak for a co...