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  1. Haven't tied flies in a couple of months. Need something visible for murky water this week. These are #8 partridge patriot single hooks. The wing is squirrel tail. The marabou "beard" is inspired by the classic steelhead fly heron hackle. I will pinch the barbs and clip the dangling thread when the head cement is dry.

    #flyfishing #flytying #yarn #squirreltail #marabou #wetfly

  2. Haven't tied flies in a couple of months. Need something visible for murky water this week. These are #8 partridge patriot single hooks. The wing is squirrel tail. The marabou "beard" is inspired by the classic steelhead fly heron hackle. I will pinch the barbs and clip the dangling thread when the head cement is dry.

    #flyfishing #flytying #yarn #squirreltail #marabou #wetfly

  3. Haven't tied flies in a couple of months. Need something visible for murky water this week. These are #8 partridge patriot single hooks. The wing is squirrel tail. The marabou "beard" is inspired by the classic steelhead fly heron hackle. I will pinch the barbs and clip the dangling thread when the head cement is dry.

    #flyfishing #flytying #yarn #squirreltail #marabou #wetfly

  4. Haven't tied flies in a couple of months. Need something visible for murky water this week. These are #8 partridge patriot single hooks. The wing is squirrel tail. The marabou "beard" is inspired by the classic steelhead fly heron hackle. I will pinch the barbs and clip the dangling thread when the head cement is dry.

    #flyfishing #flytying #yarn #squirreltail #marabou #wetfly

  5. Haven't tied flies in a couple of months. Need something visible for murky water this week. These are #8 partridge patriot single hooks. The wing is squirrel tail. The marabou "beard" is inspired by the classic steelhead fly heron hackle. I will pinch the barbs and clip the dangling thread when the head cement is dry.

    #flyfishing #flytying #yarn #squirreltail #marabou #wetfly

  6. I made it back up to the Nantahala National Forest this past weekend. The leaves were not yet in full swing, but they were beautiful all the same.

    I did not see a trout. The fish in the photo is a rosyside dace (a minnow). It ate a size 18 wet fly.

    #flyfishing #fishing #dace #minnow #tenkara #creek #santeetlah #mountain #huckleberryknob #hiking #nature #outdoors #wetfly

  7. All of the adult fish that I caught this weekend were brook trout. They must be stocked because I've not seen them in this creek before. This is the stream that I got my new-to-me Tenkara Rod Company Kita, and it worked really well on this trip. I was fishing with size #12 and #14 unweighted wet flies.

    #fishing #FlyFishing #Tenkara #wetfly #trout #brooktrout

  8. I bought a barnyard rooster skin on eBay, and it turned out a little on the ratty side. On the other hand, I have some primo flytying-bred chicken feathers that I am afraid to use because they are so expensive. I am not afraid to use my ratty rooster skin. It was not a small bird, so even the ugly feathers have plenty of barbs to palmer around a hook.

    I've got here three wet flies. In each case, the rear palmered feather is a stiffer pheasant feather, and the front palmered feather is a softer rooster feather. The orange hotspot is recycled leftover backing.

    #flytying #flyfishing #rooster #pheasant #wetfly #fishing #downeye