Pronghorn Bomber

[ScottP]

Gaspe Peninsula ghillies aren’t going to be pounding down the doors for this one, but it’ll be good enough for stupid cutts on little blue lines

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - UTC 140 chartreuse
tail - pronghorn hair white
rib - tying thread
body - pronghorn hair natural
hackle - brown
wing - pronghorn hair white


Regards,
Scott

[hap]

I love Bombers for silver salmon... Mostly pink or blue, but anything just might work...

[hap]

Oh, and nicely done.

[smij]

Wow! Great tie.

[ScottP]

I love Bombers for silver salmon... Mostly pink or blue

May have to try dyeing some of the hair; seems to be softer/more fragile than deer or elk so it may need longer soak time at lower temps. This is a job for a hot plate.

Regards,
Scott

[Alberto]

Nice job! Pronghorn is a pleasure to spin - flares really well. It's a shame you don't find alot of tips since the prognhorns like to roll in the dust so much. I love using Bombers for smallmouth bass fishing in rivers.

Alberto

[ScottP]

Pronghorn is a pleasure to spin - flares really well. It's a shame you don't find alot of tips since the prognhorns like to roll in the dust so much.

Alberto,

I agree; on all of the pronghorn I’ve purchased or seen in shops the tips are broken or worn down, like someone went over the hide with a belt sander using 30 grit. The piece I have came from a friend who harvested it in the Beaverhead Valley a few years ago; he said it helped that he didn’t have to drag it too far to his truck after dressing it out.








The tips on the tan and white sections are intact for the most part, which opens up a lot of possibilities for it’s use; for spinning, it wouldn’t matter because the tips, broken or not, would be trimmed away. I already put in a request for more from him; hopefully my order will be filled this fall. In the meantime I promised to tie up some salmonflies for him; he lives in Missoula and the hatch on Rock Creek is coming up pretty quickly so I better get busy with some foam things.

Regards,
Scott