Mahoney Variant

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BCBound

Discussion Starter · Oct 9, 2014

I just can't get away from this pattern (or variations of it). This one's tied on an AJ 3/0 with a UV tag and UV purple band in the head.

I don't like how long the head looks when I bend the hackle stems under the hook shank through the eye, but I like the strength it gives the wing. The wing is two blue hackle tips between two black ones.

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brent_e

· #2 · Oct 9, 2014

Killer pattern, Scott!
the wing set is awesome along with everything else!
I wouldn't worry about the head too much - looks fine. not as neat as it could be, maybe. you could always skip bending the stems to the bottom and put a dab of crazy glue on! :saeek:

whiskeyjin

· #3 · Oct 9, 2014

Scott...looking killer to me !!
Very very nice !!

Jin

theCC

· #4 · Oct 9, 2014

Nice chum, chum!
Pretend it's a Rangeley head...
Beauty all the way

Honyuk96

· #5 · Oct 9, 2014

Nice one Scott. Love those colors together.

krumpkoolidge

· #6 · Oct 9, 2014

YES! my favorite trout style fly.

Ded Heron

· #7 · Oct 9, 2014

Love your butt....wink, wink. Gonna hang one of those big chrome bastards on the T with that? It won't fail!

Dustin

BCBound

Discussion Starter · #8 · Oct 10, 2014

Thanks everyone.

Dustin, I sure hope to get up there this year. Seems every spare hour is spent with the kids or working on the house. There's gotta be a few days in there somewhere though.

CaneCaster

· #9 · Oct 10, 2014

Scott.

Brother THAT is a killer bug! Soooo fishy... I saw your tie and just got stoked on the colors and proportions. Sat right down at the vise and tied this as close to yours as I could muster, i wish I would have gone sparser in the throat like you have.... But you know what they say about hindsight .... If the stars align I will swim her in the copper river tomorrow evening.
Thanks heaps for the inspiration, such a fishy fly man! Hang on tight!

Cheers and tight lines
J.

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BCBound

Discussion Starter · #10 · Oct 10, 2014

Thanks James!

Love the fly you came up with, and humbled to have inspired it. Hope she does well for ya, I'm sure she will

Scott.

coastrider

· #11 · Oct 10, 2014

Scott, awesome tie man. You deserve to let some of your flies swim, let wifey know you are doing those flies a disservice and need to go swing them. I know its tough, been trying to take advantage of the weather and finish the outside work. Havnt been on the water in over a month:'(

Ps, what is the throat hackle? Some large dot guinea or such?
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Ded Heron

· #12 · Oct 10, 2014

BCBound said:
Thanks everyone.

Dustin, I sure hope to get up there this year. Seems every spare hour is spent with the kids or working on the house. There's gotta be a few days in there somewhere though.

Boy, hear you on that one.......remember though, life's too short not to go fishing.

Cheers

BCBound

Discussion Starter · #13 · Oct 10, 2014

Thanks Ed.

Yeah, it's large Guinea. A friend gave me a small patch of some of the largest Guinea I have ever seen. Amazing stuff

GR8LAKES FLYER

· #14 · Oct 10, 2014

Wonderful work Scott :smokin:
I'm with you when it comes to folding the stems through the eye and under the shank , makes for an elongated head ... if anything , know that wing will stay put and survive many steelhead .
It's a great looking fly with killer colours ... it will hunt very well for you , no doubt about that !!

Mike

daijones

· #15 · Oct 13, 2014

Have to say Scott, what a cracker.

Dai.

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