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    I'll send this fly and five more assorted flies to the first person who can correctly identify all of the materials in the fly. The hook is a size 16 hook and hackle dry fly hook.

    I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.

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    #16 dry fly hook
    Thread: Black
    Tail:Golden Pheasant tippet
    Body: Peacock Herls and Red Floss
    Wing: White something...can't tell for sure..the ends aren't tapered, so it appears to be either clipped hair or a synthetic of some sort. Could be deer hair, or calf tail or calf body, or bleached elk, or polar bear, or zelon/antron/polyproplylene fibers
    Hackle: Brown dry fly hackle
    David Merical
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    Need a little more specific than white something.
    I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.

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    Looks like bucktail with clipped tips.

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    Wing:either Bucktail or Calves tail
    Tail: Golden Pheasant Tippets
    Body: Peacock Herl or Swords and red floss
    Ginger Hackle
    black thread

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    No one has got it right so far.
    I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.

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    Wing looks like white polypropylene, like strands from a braided white rope. Could also be nylon monofilament, but don't see too much white mono around. There is a strand or two in there that aren't white though. One is brown, like Maxima, and another is fairly clear.

    The rest we know: Golden pheasant, peacock herl, red floss, brown hackle, black thread, and the hook.

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    Think out of the box guys. It didn't come from a fly shop.
    I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.

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    My Labrador retriever has hair that looks like that too!

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    Hm....I have a white Ferret that has nice translucent, hollow-looking fibers. Could be similar to the wing shown, if the ends are clipped. Or...this could be an animal that was previously sheared, so the ends wouldn't be naturally tapered. Llama? Alpaca?
    Too thick for sheep, methinks, or cat. Also seems too thick for any canine or rabbit. Seal? Maybe. Polar Bear is possible. Goat? Antelope? Beard from the Amish?

    If it is a synthetic...looks like dental floss but not thick enough for that. I'm coming up empty on synthetic ideas that we haven't covered already. UNCLE UNCLE!
    David Merical
    St. Louis, MO

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