Snowshoe Olive Dun


Fly: Martin Westbeek, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: dry fly hook #14-18 (here: Partidge SUD)
Thread: 8/0, olive
Tail: Whiting Coq de Leon
Abdomen: Turkey biot, olive
Wing: Snowshoe hare, dark dun
Thorax: Snowshoe hare underfur

Note: The tuft extending over the eye is tied down in three stages: one thread warp over the entire tuft, one wrap over 2/3, one wrap over 1/3.
Next the thread is whip finished in front of the tuft and the hair is clipped off.

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