Hares Lug & Cree

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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by hankaye » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:51 am

dd, Howdy
daringduffer wrote:
Theroe wrote::o
Why am I the only one seeing”image” :?:
I could see it previously, not now. When I right-click on 'image' and try to show the photo I'm taken to another forum with this message: "Apologies! This forum is closed for essential upgrade. Back at 12.00hrs (GMT) 2nd February 2018".

dd
Stefan, I havent been able to see it since it was posted ... :(

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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by Bishthefish1 » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:37 am

Try it now - the site where i have my gallery recently updated and i have had to change all the links
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by hankaye » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:04 pm

Bishthefish1, Howdy;

Alright, alright, alright .. could say it truly pops out at ya.

Nice looking pair of flies.

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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by Bishthefish1 » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:20 pm

Yeah Bolly does that!
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by NJpatbee » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:58 am

Great looking fly and the Cree looks great! Is that from a Cree hen neck (if there is such a thing)?
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by Bishthefish1 » Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:55 pm

No it is from down the sides of a rooster cape. The way it has been cut by Root River has included a few (just a few :( ) spade hackles but quite a few feathers that I guess must make up the root or base of the wing (I think they are called the scapulars?). They are quite soft for rooster hackle so not good for dry flies, however as they had really strong Cree marking I had to use them somehow.
By the way I have seen Cree hen necks and saddles for sale over here in the UK, Toby at Funky Fly Tying had a small number from Charlie Collins.
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by NJpatbee » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:20 pm

Thanks!
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by Bishthefish1 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:34 am

Hi all
Up date on this fly.
Normally I am a dry fly man (I can hear the jeers and hisses across the pond!), but I have been talked into using wets again by a few of you over there and this has been a go to fly for me this season. It has worked really well during sedge / caddis fly and small stone-fly hatches on my local river, the Leven here in N Yorks., and also on a new club I have joined on the Tees, on the border between N Yorks. and Co. Durham. I have fished it on the top dropper as a bob fly in sizes 12 & 14 and it has produced trout on every trip out it has been used! The best performance to date was this weekend on the Tees where it caught 6 trout in 4 hours in far from ideal conditions (very warm and bright sunshine).
Alistair
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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by hankaye » Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:35 am

Bishthefish1, Howdy;

Alistair, Thanks for the follow-up and after action report. Appears that
you've created a 'worthy offering' and is Trout approved.

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Re: Hares Lug & Cree

Post by redietz » Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:20 pm

Bishthefish1 wrote:It has worked really well during sedge / caddis fly and small stone-fly hatchesr
I can see why.
Bob
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