Vixen and Hare Flymph

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Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by Old Hat » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:58 pm

Played around with some dubbing blends today. This one I really liked. Stained vixen coyote underfur and hare's cheek 2:1. Has that tups-like look to it. Tied it with primrose silk and grizzly dyed dun.
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by Variant » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:10 pm

Carl,
Great looking fly, really like that dubbing mix.
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by upstatetrout » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:31 pm

Great looking fly Carl!
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by letumgo » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:00 pm

Furry nice! :D
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by Roadkill » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:03 pm

Beautiful!

Is the Primrose waxed. it has a slight mint shade to it on my screen?
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by DOUGSDEN » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:34 pm

Hi Carl,
This pattern is wickedly beautiful and so simple! The dubbing is such a wonderful lite pink blend! Your tying method is spot on as always which culminates in a pattern like no other! Thanks for creating it and sharing with us!
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by Mike62 » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:08 am

That is a gorgeous fly, Sir. Calling it sublime wouldn't be a stretch.

I must have the same computer as Roadkill, I get the same hint of yellow/green. ...I'm not not complaining, I'm just saying the fly reminds me of the Creamsicle's from my youth bookended with a touch of pistachio. Genius.
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by letumgo » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:22 am

Mike - I love your description of the colors. An evocative description, that brings back happy memories. I smiled as I read it.
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by Old Hat » Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:02 am

Hey, thanks guys for the comments. I appreciate it.

I goofed. I was mixing different materials and some how got fox stuck in my head. The dubbing is pink vixen coyote (not fox..I edited the original post) and hare's cheek.

I noticed the color of the thread too. I didn't wax the thread and I think the tone is coming from my lighting off the silk. that and the fact I had too shallow depth of field and the head is a little out of focus.
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Re: Vixen and Hare Flymph

Post by hankaye » Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:58 am

New/old Hat, Howdy;

Sounds like you were distracted, ... it happens.

Good that you realized it and set us straight.
A lot of different "stuff" on folk's minds right now.
Don't beat yerself up to awful much.

Lookin' forward to your next one.

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