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Fly Tying Information => Fly Pattern Archive => Soft Hackle => Topic started by: OTS on February 16, 2006, 22:55:51 PM

Title: African Soft Hackle
Post by: OTS on February 16, 2006, 22:55:51 PM
Yea.... I said African ??? this is tyed with some weird sort of African animal hair that I got from Plumbob... perahaps Walabee or something. It seems to look more like some sort of New England mangee mutt though ;D ;D

Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: outdoorguy3 on February 16, 2006, 23:45:22 PM
Quote from: Ben on February 16, 2006, 22:55:51 PM
Yea.... I said African ??? this is tyed with some weird sort of African animal hair that I got from Plumbob... perahaps Walabee or something. It seems to look more like some sort of New England mangee mutt though ;D ;D



Uh, OTS, aren't Walabee's from Austraila?  Just wondering?

Ralph   ;D 0--0
Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: outdoorguy3 on February 16, 2006, 23:46:46 PM
Quote from: Ben on February 16, 2006, 22:55:51 PM
Yea.... I said African ??? this is tyed with some weird sort of African animal hair that I got from Plumbob... perahaps Walabee or something. It seems to look more like some sort of New England mangee mutt though ;D ;D



Wal al  bee, an African soft hackle!


Ralph 0--0

Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: OTS on February 17, 2006, 08:54:45 AM
You are correctamoondo my friend. 0--0  Must of been a kangaroo on Hoiliday... ;D
Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: plumbob on February 17, 2006, 12:31:03 PM
 ;D ;D As Tarzan would say, Un Gow Wa cheeta. ;D  That does look good, Never would have thought you could use that hair in place of the hackle.
Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: 22midge on February 17, 2006, 12:46:43 PM
Looks like a caddis fly larva coming out of the pouch in its belly ;) ;D Ben are we going to have to start calling you UTS?  Nice bug---be safe  Peewee
Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: OTS on February 17, 2006, 13:21:00 PM
That hair is some pretty cool stuff there Plumboskie. Midge ;D UTS, OTS one or the utter will do fine ;D ;D
Title: Re: African Soft Hackle
Post by: shanktrout on February 26, 2006, 22:18:49 PM
HMMMM...its like partridge yet its coloring is reminiscent of guinea

compare the barring and color....http://home.planet.nl/~westb001/ptphguineash.html