Hares Lug & Plover

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Hares Lug & Plover

Post by UC Steve » Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:31 pm

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Still my favorite of the old flies. Tied on #12 Gamakatsu S10U dryfly hook. Nice hook but I'm not crazy about the tiny eye. Okay, using light tippet. Prefer this one with a straight eye, but wanted to play with the Gama. It is a killing fly on my home water in late Spring when good hatches of March Brown & Spotted Sedge occur simultaneously.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by upstatetrout » Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:10 pm

Nicely tied!
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by tie2fish » Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:47 pm

That's just lovely, Steve. Good to see your tying on the FF.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by letumgo » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:03 am

Fantastic pattern! I love the graceful profile and the way the colors/textures harmonize together.

How do you like to rig this fly in the spring? Are you fishing this with other flies, or by itself?
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by joaniebo » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:22 pm

Perfect timing for this old dressing as a couple days ago, I did up a dozen more for next season. Nice fly to fish and fun to tie.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by Roadkill » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:44 pm

Beautiful fly! I think it would also swing well in the middle of Pale Duns!
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by UC Steve » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:14 pm

joaniebo wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:22 pm Perfect timing for this old dressing as a couple days ago, I did up a dozen more for next season. Nice fly to fish and fun to tie.
I'm envious. I have to ration the plover, only allowing myself a few of these a season. I guess when the feathers are gone I'll have to get on the Cookshill waiting list.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by UC Steve » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:17 pm

Roadkill wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:44 pm Beautiful fly! I think it would also swing well in the middle of Pale Duns!
That hadn't occurred to me! oow That lit the lightbulb. Thanks! Now that you mention it I can see it.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by UC Steve » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:35 pm

letumgo wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:03 am Fantastic pattern! I love the graceful profile and the way the colors/textures harmonize together.

How do you like to rig this fly in the spring? Are you fishing this with other flies, or by itself?
Ray, generally, I fish this one when trouts are visibly feeding on emergers, as a single, on a 12' leader. If the water is right I'll fish it like a dryfly, dead-drifted in the surface film -- but also quartered, drifted, swung, dangled, lifted, dropped back & stripped, possibly all of the above on a single cast, as water/fish require. A good pattern for swinging on a downstream approach. You can imagine those yellow plover tips flagging, begging a grab on the swing or dangle.
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Re: Hares Lug & Plover

Post by Old Hat » Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:16 am

Beautiful Steve! That hook is pretty. I used to tie on Gama's, but I too gave them up because of the small eye on the smaller sizes.
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