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My variant of Howell's signature intruder

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#1 ·
First fly tying post from me on this forum, so I figured I'd start with an american pattern :) (I'm Norwegian).

It's a slight variation from the colour pattern I saw tied on the Skagit Master II. Anyway, I have faith in this one. I'd be happy to take all your feedback on my tying, as I'm always striving to become a better tyer.
 

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Thank you guys for your kind words :)

Here's a material list, and a couple of explanations to tying it:

Butt: burnt orange diamond brite dubbing. Spun in dubbing loop, and roughed up with velcro. Make a nice ball as support for the ostrich tail.
Tail: natural gray ostrich
Body: gold flatbraid
Thorax: 50/50 mixture of hot orange and burnt orange diamond brite in dubbing loop. In the same loop, orange fox is added. Spin and wrap in a manner where the dubbing is stroked back and making a nice supportbase for the fox-hair.
Front hackle: natural gray ostrich, small plume wrapped as hackle (I purchased a dust wipe which had a nice price, and even nicer feathers in great abundance. feathers were better than any i had gotten from fly-tying suppliers:Eyecrazy:).
Eyes: gold dumbbells
Head: Salar SS dubbing in "nasty rusty", spun in loop and torn out with velcro.
wing/shellback: a buch of long natural gray ostrich and two whiting bugger pack hackles in olive/grizzly.

I'll try to post pic's of some other colour combinations i've made. I know these are originally steelhead patterns, and that there are absolutely no steelhead on my side of the planet, but I intend to see if there are any takers among the atlantic salmon and seatrouts.
 
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As promised, a couple other colour schemes. I wouldn't call them technically perfect ties, rather they were my "practise" specimens testing out materials, colours and my own abilities.

I have gotten quite a lot of inspiration from this forum, and I'd like to try something other than the usual Frödin/Norling Templedog tubes which seem to be the more or less unconcious choice for salmon these days over here. I hope to be able to give back a little for what I have gained :)
 

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#11 ·
A really nice looking batch of flies. I bet they swim beautifully! I especially like that chartreuse/black color combination; it has taken a lot of striped and smallmouth bass for me in dirty/murky water conditions. I would be interested to know how it does on your Norwegian salmon.
 
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I don't fish a bunch of intruders, but what I find attractive about good ones is the same thing I find attractive about a good hares ear tied with dubbing you shaved yourself. Bugginess. A fish will not wonder if it's a piece of algae that broke loose, or a twig, or a piece of bark. Whatever it is, it's worth taking a nip at, and in fact may turn out to be their new favorite snack!

Your first one, with the more subdued natural colors is like a steelhead hares ear! The others may be more visible under different conditions. They're all good!
 
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