Barred Ginger

[paflyfisher16]

Hey I just ordered some barred ginger hackle. Can anyone recomend some patterns to tie with this color. Or patterns you tie with regular ginger?

Thanks
Doug

[kengore]

I like to use dark barred ginger instead of coachman in my adams patterns. If it's dark enough I think it substutes well for cree.

I think the barred pattern looks better than a solid color, more buggy.

I use the lighter shades for PMD's, elk hair caddis, red ants...almost anywhere a ginger to dark brown hackle is called for.

[Jayatwork]

I like to tie March Browns with barred ginger.

[Warren Albert]

Sulfurs

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject:

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Pa,

Use it the same as if it was 'ginger'. The barring will just break up the otherwise singular color. Specific standard patterns would include: March Brown, Gray Fox, Adams, Dark Cahill, Cahill, Delaware Adams, Pink Lady, Bivisible, Rat Face McDougal, even a sulphur or Light Cahill if the ginger is light enough. Did I mention caddis' or even the original comparadun? I'm sure there are other patterns that I haven't listed.

Allan

[flytackle]

The Gray Fox Variant calls for Grizzly, cree, and medium ginger. The barred ginger would make a fine substitution for the cree & the medium ginger, I would think, assuming you can get hackles of a sufficient size. Is it a saddle or a neck? Where did you get it? Cheers, Alec

[Ray Kunz]

IMHO any fly "looks" better with a barred or variant (colored) feather.

[paflyfisher16]

Hey thanks for all the info. Its a really light barred ginger and Im going to use it for my light cahills and definetly try it on the flies all you guys suggested.

Alec its a neck with saddle included from Charlie Collins. He is big into the barred feathers.

Thanks for all the help
Doug