Randy Flynn: Skating Cranefly
Trout and Steelhead Patterns
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24m
RECIPE:
Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1750
Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Embroidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the top of the hook shank.
Wing: Two clumps of Elk mane tied in on the sides like pontoons, angled slightly down.
Head: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
Hackle: High-quality dry brown rooster neck or saddle, wound and clipped on bottom. (The bottom is actually the top of the hook shank because this is an inverted pattern made to skate with the hook point facing up.)
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RECIPE:
Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1710
Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Emboidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the underside of the fly.
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Ken Burkholder: Bear Hair Golden Trude
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1260 #6
Thread: Amber or Antique Gold
Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
Body & Tail: Moose hair, stacked.
Overbody: Alec Jackson’s Peach
Japanese silk floss.
Rib: Brown or Java Brown Pearsall’s
Gossamer silk thread.
Wing: Brown bear hair.
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Ken Burkholder: Bear Back Rider
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 4660 #4
Thread: Amber Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
Dubbing: Golden brown ICE-DUB
Foam: 1mm light brown craft foam; 3mm dark brown craft foam.
Wing: Brown bear hair.
Legs: Brown PERFECT RUBBER