Crane Fly

[LWilliams]

Allan,

Nah...I'm not good at bearing bad news I'll just follow with the camera!

You sure do have lots of cool materials...I may have to make it to a swap one of these years. Real TI..I'm jealous.

[Hackletip]

Gentlemen...You have all been a great help..And I do agree with Tyeflies that the fly is a little over dressed? You were suggesting a dubbing that was in the fly and hard to come by? I recieved a good looking imitation from Barel fly that just calls for Gray chenille...Do you really think the dubbing is that critical?

Thanks again for all the response...

Hackletip

[LWilliams]

Hackletip:

I suppose the pattern and it's attributes depend as much on the species and size, as well as how you intend to fish it, as anything else.

Where I fish in the Eastern US, our cranes are dainty and smallish (<#12)..typicaly yellow or orange. Body color is important--so is the "dainty" aspect.

A small soft hackle works wonders but many folks prefer dry flies.

As far as the dubbing: Tups is the fur from a Ram's scrotum. If you go collecting, please grab me some too . I have good success with imitative dubbing from bunnies, and even synthetics like Fly-Rite. But the Tups Indispensible is a good pattern no matter which substitute dubbing you use.