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    Default Snowshoe for Elk or Deer?

    Does anybody here tie a standard EHC or Stimulator using snowshoe hare for the wing instead of elk or deer? Does it float any better or worse? Any more or less effective?

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    I've tied caddis with snowshoe hare wing and would recommend it. I think in the small sizes, it probably floats a little better than deer hair (since there's not much hollow hair in small, short deer hair). They also look a little "buggier" to me and seem to work as well if not better. I would definitely give it a try.

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    I've used it for wings, especially in smaller sizes, like Scott Sanchez' Speed Stimulator http://www.flytyingbug.com/threads/s...-rooster.2117/

    works fine, floats well; a bit of a pain to stack.

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    Scott

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    i use snowshoe for the body and wings on my green drake spinner spent wing. floats like a cork, in fact it floats so well you can yank it under and it will slowly rise back to the surface of the water.

    fran betters used to use it for his usual pattern for that very reason.

    i wouldnt try to stack it, cut it to the length you want with scissors, comb out the fine fur and save it for dubbing bodies. ties easier than elk hair, it doesnt flair out on you.

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    Tie it in from the tip, not the back
    ‎"Trust, but verify" - Russian Proverb, as used by Ronald Reagan

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    Here's a fly video that might be of interest http://www.theweeklyfly.com/TWF/2013...bunny-dun-8-06. Notice that he doesn't stack the hair and uses the fuzzy underfur rather than just guard hairs for the wing. I believe that helps with buoyancy (traps air) as well as adding bulk. Also note that he trims the wing to length and shape.

    I tie my snowshoe caddis wings in a somewhat similar manner -- leave most of the underfur, tie it long, and then trim to length / shape.

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    Default Comparadun?

    The finished fly in the video looks like a comparadun. Is that it?
    Also, is there such as a thing as a snowshoe comparadun? If not, I'm going to experiment and invent one.

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