Hare Brain Emerger

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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by Niveker » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:27 am

I tie a similar fly, which is very productive at times, but I keep coming back to this post. Your fly is so well designed and beautifully tied, I'm going to have to tie some of these up and relegate mine to the back bench.

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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by wsbailey » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:44 am

That fly is magazine cover ready!
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by ronr » Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:29 pm

letumgo wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:49 pm Ron - Please post pictures of your finished flies and provide updates when you get a chance to fish it. I love this kind of adaptation.
wish I could get better photos...but since March Brown's are in full swing here...these three will get put to the test on the Middle Deschutes next week

slight variations.... cdc wing on two and hen and partridge hackle on one...
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by letumgo » Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:23 pm

What material did you use for the red body? Is that dyed pheasant?

I’m already excited to hear about your upcoming fishing.
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by ronr » Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:26 am

Ray... the body is white Semperfli nano silk colored with Copic marker "copper"... it is wound on the hook, tied in a BWO died turkey biot... then covered the thread with uv resin, wrapped the biot and set the resin... go to Ohlie's flies and check out his "u midge" and you'll see the technique... If I could take decent photos, I'd try and do a sbs...but I just don't have the ability to do decent macro shots.
The top photo has a fiery brown died "pelican" biot courtesy of Variant...its wound on Copic colored thread in yellow ochre...sorry for the out of focus photos..

Plan to fish tomorrow with this fly... hope the fish cooperate...
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by Mike62 » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:13 am

I fish a lot DHE's up here, usually in #14-#16; I like this pattern. God, knows I've got enough rabbits feet hanging around. Great tutorial, Ray.
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by letumgo » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:58 am

DHE…

Proof you are a serious trout hunter. ;) :D
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by Variant » Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:17 am

Ray ,
Nice tie in to the book! 😀

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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by letumgo » Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:18 am

;) Well spotted Lou. Great book. Love his patterns.
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Re: Hare Brain Emerger

Post by ronr » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:18 pm

letumgo wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:49 pm Ron - Please post pictures of your finished flies and provide updates when you get a chance to fish it. I love this kind of adaptation.
Well as the saying goes... man plans, god laughs.... our stretch of the Middle Deschutes upon which the March Browns were just getting going depends upon irrigation season and water withdrawal upstream to make our stretch wadable and fishable. Naturally, the day before we plan to hit those March Browns an irrigation canal failed, causing a ceasation in water pumping from the river to the canal. Thus, our stretch was back to the high, before irrigation flows...300 cfs from 75 cfs... so there goes the bugs, and it will be some time before we can get back to that stretch... doubt the MB's will still be there..

Maybe my variant of your HBE will imitate something else...
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