Alan B's Divided Snowshoe Wing

Fly Patterns
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I believe he said it is actually something Oliver Edwards came up with. Anyway, Alan, here’s my attempt this morning.

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Oh yeah ~ nice snowshoe no hackle. Snowshoe hare material floats like a cork too. Well tied Byron…

Did you figure 8 to divide the wings or use some other method?

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Thats the beastie Byron, please let me know how you get on with it. Moving here I left most of my river trout fishing behind, so I’ve no idea when I’ll get a chance to try it out.
Cheers,
A.

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Alan suggested doing a “pull-over” to divide the wings. I used a bit of zelon to do that.

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VERY nice fly as always Byron, Merry Christmas!

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I sure am enjoying the fly tutes.Thanks guys

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Thanks,

Tied a fuzzy bodied baetis version today
The body is light olive. The background drowns out the body’s color.

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What is a pull over? How does Zelon get into the deal?

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Zelon or any material such as poly. I tie it in directly behind the wing material. Then, pull it over, dividing the wing material and tie it down at the eye.

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Ray, Its a strange method I picked up from Marc Petitjean many years ago. The thorax on his flies are made from CdC either set into the thread or in a dubbing loop. As it is wound you draw it back and up creating a mass of fibres on top of the thorax. A piece of some material, usually floss on Marc’s flies, is then pulled through the fibres and tied down behind the eye, like the thorax cover on a nymph. Using snowshoe in place of the CdC is my perversion of the technique.

This pic shows the splitting of the thorax fibres into wings well.

That is probably as clear as mud. I’ll try and get a SbS done while I’m off this week. It’ll be something to do while I’m off Tuesday. Might as well put my extra day off to good use.

Cheers,
A.

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Sort of like Jason Borger’s diffusion hackling
http://fishfliesandwater.com/flies-tying/diffusion-hackling/

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Thanks Alan.

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Ray,
A close-up of a size 18 fly. I think you can pick out the poly material “sort of” separating the winging material.

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I have used a similar method to make high(er) viz spinners.

Tie a post of thin-cut foam behind the hacke. Hackle the fly normally, then pull the post over and tie down. Clip the bottom hackles short, and the rest hang out the sides. Use a high viz foam, and the little spot shows up to you, not the fishies. It isn’t as visible as a post that sticks up, but better than nothing.