Pink Muskrat

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Pink Muskrat

Post by letumgo » Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:41 pm

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Version 1:
Hook - Mustad 3906B/Size 12
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Cahill Yellow)
Tag/Underbody - UTC Holographic Tinsel (Medium/Silver)
Body - Lilith Chinese Silk (Pink)
Thoax - Muskrat Dubbing (Natural)
Hackle - Hungarian Partridge (Natural)

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Version 2:
Hook - Mustad 3906B/Size 12
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Cahill Yellow)
Tag/Underbody - UTC Holographic Tinsel (Medium/Silver)
Body - Lilith Chinese Silk (Pink)
Thorax - Muskrat Dubbing (Natural) / picked out after fly is complete
Hackle - Hebert Miner Hen ("Sunny Dun")
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I like version two better. The picked out muskrat dubbing just looks nicer to my eye.
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by Roadkill » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:33 pm

Good looking flies, I would be testing them on a 3-fly cast with a third fly with just the tag, muskrat and hackle! Let the fish judge them. ;)
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by letumgo » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:36 pm

:D good idea. Your third version sounds like a “guide fly” pattern. Probably the winner. ;)
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by Roadkill » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:53 pm

I think they will all be winners given different light and water conditions. ;) :)
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by Mike62 » Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:47 pm

Version 2! Version 2! Very nice, Ray. I'm going to borrow these...
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by DOUGSDEN » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:04 pm

Ray,
Me too, version two! Each one of these patterns is exquisite Ray! I don't know how you do this! Your tying is up in the stratosphere and I'm just getting off the ground!
So good Friend! I love your Sunday afternoon tying spree's!
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by redietz » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:55 pm

Roadkill wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:53 pm I think they will all be winners given different light and water conditions. ;) :)
Or where they're placed on the cast. I'd bet the one on point would out fish the other, regardless of which one it was.

Nice looking flies, Ray.
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by DOUGSDEN » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:33 pm

Ray,
I am still bedazzled by your Pink Muskrats above! They are so exquisitely tied and look soooo good! Pink is such a killer color right next to orange and then purple! You are still thinking, creating, doing, and then fishing these classics! Keep it up Ray!
We are again covered up in pure white snow,
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by Mike62 » Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:58 pm

Apropos of nothing..., I'm sorry about the Bill's, Ray. I was pulling for them. I haven't watched a football game in years, but I watched that one.
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Re: Pink Muskrat

Post by nfrechet » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:05 am

good looking fly!
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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