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Steelhead Hairwings
Starting to tie some of these interesting patterns. Here's the first one I decided to try: the Rusty Rat 
post edited by Cold - 2010/07/22 23:27:32
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/13 21:20:29
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Mark, Very nice tie . Tail, tag and floss work is well tied, lets see more
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/13 22:31:34
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Great tie cold, one question for you though. Do you fish these flies or not?
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/13 23:45:44
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Bruce, thanks for the kind words. Compliments mean a lot from someone as skilled as you. I think I may have been a bit off in the proportions, having too much floss and too little herl. While I see it, it may not be a big deal. What do you think? HC, yes, I do fish my flies. Anything you see that I've pictured is fair game in my boxes to get tied on and thrown to the drink. A few of my nicer wet flies I have in a seperate box that doesn't go out with me, but that's a total of under a dozen flies. I have absolutely no skills at framing flies or building a shadow box, so all of my flies are, by default, fishing flies. That said, I have thought about putting together a shadow box, whether of winged wets, hairwings, or otherwise. Just never got the gumption to actually read up on how to do it. 
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/14 04:59:31
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ORIGINAL: Cold
That said, I have thought about putting together a shadow box, whether of winged wets, hairwings, or otherwise. Just never got the gumption to actually read up on how to do it.
Cold - not sure if you saw if before but there is a tute on how to build a shadowbox - pretty cheap - using materials you can buy at a craft store. It's in the tutorial section under Framing Flies. Either way you should consider it. Very, very nice tie...once again.
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/14 19:41:29
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Yup, the proportions are off but you saw that in this tie and next will be that much better, so lets see more!
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/17 13:02:27
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Nice tie,if you take that to the fly zones on the Salmon River in Sept. when the Coho run there I assure you would have some reel screaming fun!I use a streamer that is very similar and the Coho go nuts over it,two months and counting.
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/22 23:28:12
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Here's another well known pattern: the Blue Charm 
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/28 16:59:48
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Green Butt Skunk  Purple Peril 
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/28 17:19:14
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Nice ties Cold. Just curious, what size hooks did you tie those last 3 on? My only comment on them is a personal preference. On the green butt, I like my hackle to be a little longer. If you have any trouble fishing them, send them over here 
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RE: Steelhead Hairwings
2010/07/28 17:28:33
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All 4 of these are tied on Dai-Riki #899 hooks in a size 2. I didn't have the hackle I wanted for either of these.  But they'll fish. I think they look okay too, but like you said, not ideal.
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