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Brian314	January 18th, 2021, 9:16 am
Fenton, MI. Posts: 37	This fly is, apparently, a favorite on the Au Sable and they are sold at Gates. I can't find a list of materials for this fly anywhere - anyone here ever tie it ??
Roguerat	January 18th, 2021, 11:02 am
Posts: 463	Brian- A quick search of this and I found The Gates Au Sable Lodge site with this fly listed, it appears to be a nymph? I'm also waiting for the Michigan TN contingent to chime in here...I'd bet Tim Neal has done a couple thousand of these. GUESSING HERE but: black biot tails, a stripped red/tan quill body/abdomen, and light dun? hackle tied on top sort of clumped style then finished with a pinkish-red thread head. It looks simple which is good since most guide flies are just that- simple and effective; I can't recall a guide fly that was not. Speaking of guide flies, John Bueter of Cloud Nine in Baldwin (here in MI) supplied me with bunch of Iso spinners some years back that were KILLER ties, and so basic as to be a couple minute each...at most. Anyway, thanks for bringing this to the attention of the TN mob, I'm gonna' time some in various shades before the season starts up for real in May or so. Roguerat "Less is more...' Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe
Roguerat	January 18th, 2021, 11:12 am
Posts: 463	Second thought, I looked at the pic of this fly more thoroughly and it looks like a clumped-hackle dry- need some input here, please! guess I had nymphs on my mind since I'm researching another MI pattern, Springs Wiggler tied for a Hex nymph...plans for this on on the L Manistee this coming season! RR
Partsman	January 18th, 2021, 12:02 pm
bancroft michigan Posts: 353	Looks like red quill hackle stacker, moose mane or body hair for the tail, red stripped peacock for the body and dun hackle tied in hackle stacker style. I will do more investigating. Rogue have you checked the rogue hex on nomad anglers? I tied some up, I like it a lot. Mike.
Brian314	January 20th, 2021, 1:51 pm
Fenton, MI. Posts: 37	Based on the picture of the fly they sell at Gates it looks like ginger quill tied up to the 3/4 mark - or, as Roguerat said, some kind of stripped redtan quill. Light dun or white hackle tied partly over the quill then clipped off underneath the fly so it rides lower. Tail looks more like biot than moose main to me. And the front is indistinct as well - almost looks like that pinkish henny dubbing.
Brian314	January 23rd, 2021, 8:14 am
Fenton, MI. Posts: 37	Mike - I looked up how to tie a hackle stacker - you are right - that's got to be what this fly is !!! Thanks so much :-) Brian
Roguerat	January 23rd, 2021, 8:35 am
Posts: 463	Mike, Just checked out the Nomad Anglers video for the Rogue Hex and it looks well worth tying and fishing, thanks for the tip! Getting cabin fever in January, sort of a non-winter thing going in W MI this 'winter' and only 8"!? of snow on the 'season' thus far, crazy weather patterns. Roguerat 'Less is more...' Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe

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