March brown emergers...

[planettrout]

That I've been working on that are not soft hackles...





R. Morrisoni and R. Hageni Emerger, Knopp and Cormier? HOOK: TMC 3761, # 12-#16, Daiichi 1560, #12-#16
THREAD: Danville 6/0, #47, tobacco brown or brown
WEIGHT: 10- 15 turns of lead wire or sub., diameter of hook shank
TAIL: Dark Dun hen hackle fibers
RIB: Working thread
BODY: Purple and black fur dubbing, mixed
UNDER/WING: Dark tan Zelon
WING: Brown deer hair, tied short



SHORT WING EMERGER MARCH BROWN? HOOK: TMC 2312, #12-#16
THREAD: Lagartun 70 Denier, Rusty Brown
TAIL: Lemon Wood Duck fibers
RIB: Lagartun oval gold tinsel, fine
BACK STRAP: Brown Scud back
ABDOMEN: Hare?s Ear # 2 -between the eyes on the mask
THORAX: Hare?s Ear # 3 ? crown on the mask
WINGS: Matched natural Mallard sections, inside coated with flexament
LEGS: Mottled Brown Hen



SHUCKED SWIMMING MAY ? SHANE STALCUP HOOK: TMC 2312 #12-#16
THREAD: Danville 6/0, # 47, Tobacco Brown
TAIL/SHUCK: Brown deer hair and Olive/Brown Zelon
RIB: Lagartun Fine Wire
BODY: Turkey biot, Callibaetis
BACK STRAP: Brown deer hair
UNDER/WING: Tan Zelon or Tan Ice Dub
WING: Mottled Brown Medallion sheeting (Hareline) ? Coat of Flexament on inside
BEAD: Copper, sized to hook
THORAX: Stalcup?s Micro Fine dubbing, Tan
LEGS: Mottled Brown Partridge



BAT WING MARCH BROWN EMERGER? HOOK: TMC 2487, #12 -#16, Daiichi 1130, #12-#16, Mustad c49s, # 12-#14
THREAD: Danville 6/0, #47 tobacco brown
BEAD: Glass, small, rootbeer
TAIL: Lemon Wood Duck fibers
ABDOMEN: Natural Pheasant tail
RIB: Wapsi, copper/brown, small
THORAX: Hare?s Ear # 3 -from the crown
WING: Fluffy bottom from Ginger Variant Hen Neck stem, pulled over and tied off



WARREN EMERGER March Brown?
HOOK: TMC 100 #12-#16, or your favorite dry?this is a Partridge E1A
THREAD: Danville 6/0, # 47, tobacco brown
SHUCK: Cream Antron or Zelon
RIB: Micro tubing, rust
BODY: Olive/Brown dubbing? I mixed Nature?s Spirit # 34 and Fly Rite # 10
WING: Snow Shoe Rabbit foot, Tan or Dun, pulled over thorax, tied off, cut and fanned into a 180 degree arc


My son, Michael, will probably loose a lot of 'em in here...



Lower Owens River, Bishop, CA...Eastern Sierras...



PT/TB