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This is my variation of another great soft hackle from Blue Ribbon Flies. The original fly can be seen on a video on their home page.
Hook- Mustad 3906 #8
Thread- UTC70 Rust Brown
Rib- UTC Small Gold WIre
Dubbing- My blend of: Brown Aunt Lydia's Rug Yarn, Wheat Acrylic Yarn, Cream Orvis Sparkle Yarn and Rabbit dubbing to try and match BRF'S Hydropsyche Tan Zelon Dubbing
Hackle - 2 Brown Mottled Partridge feathers wrapped together

IMGP9667 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Lovely soft hackle Bill. A tempting trout morsel for sure.

Do you know the proportions you used in the dubbing blend? Are they all equal parts for each color?

Ray,

I first blended 1 part Brown, 2 parts each of the Wheat and Cream to see how the yarn colors looked.
Then added about 50% of that mixture volume of a tan rabbit dubbing and reblended it all.

Thanks Bill.

Great pattern Bill.
That fly should work very well for those Yellowstone runners!

Lou