Hook:
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10-18
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Thread:
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Gray
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Body:
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Muskrat
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Hackle:
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Grizzly hen
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Dave Hughes includes the Gray Hen Hackle Wet in
the color plates that accompany the first edition of his Wet Flies (1995). To dress the fly, Hughes recommends:
“Hook: 2x stout, size
10-16.
Thread: Gray 6/0 or 8/0
nylon.
Hackle: Grizzle hen.
Body: Muskrat fur
dubbing.”
Charles Brooks dressed a similar fly, the Grey
Nymph, with a tail. He describes in the list of patterns he includes at the
end of Nymph Fishing for Larger Trout
(1976):
“Tail: Badger hair.
Body: Neutral gray fur; muskrat or similar.
Hackle: Soft gray grizzly.
Thread: Black Nymo.”
The image in the color plates that precede the
list depict a full-bodied, heavily-tail and –hackled Grey Nymph. Brooks notes
that it is a “very simple but effective fly.” He might have added that it has
likely been around for a long time, as evidence by other shaggy, modern patterns like Pat's Nymph.
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This is a great old pattern that worked very well. In today's age, it is great that blogs like yours are giving notice of some the great ones from the past. They should be tied and are still very effective!
ReplyDeleteTying the hackle in flymph fashion (as Hughes describes it) works well, too.
DeleteThumbs up on this one.
ReplyDeleteLove the body.
Cheers!
DeleteAwesome, stick to the basics I always say!
ReplyDeleteIs there anyway to get in touch with you Neil, maybe I am just missing the contact page here...
You should be able to get in touch through my Google+ profile linked to the blog through my personal info
DeleteLooks like a nice March Brown pattern. Very nicely tied and photographed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that - this one will pass for a lot of things
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