Well I was searching for new ways to make parachute flies cause my hackle storage is getting low. I saw on Fly tying new and old blog a couple months ago a way to use deer or elk hair for your parachutes. I have deer hair in just about every color so I gave it a try today. These were my first 2 flies I tried so once I perfect it I will do a step by step.
This was my first one I tried. It is very rough but starting to get the hang of it.
As you can see it leaves a great silhouet on the water.
This is my first attempt of a reverse parachute. Of course since I did a blog shout out I needed to try Roy's creations but with a deer hair parachute.
I got a lot of patterns in mind to try this with!
If I was a trout, I'd eat them.
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Those are some great variations. I really dig that third one especially. And thanks for the blog shout out.. That sounds great to me. Nice flies and great ideas..!
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Looking good...I'm liking the variations!
ReplyDeletelike I said it is a little rough cause this was a fully new concept. Thanks for the props guys and look forward to see what i can come up with in the future with this concept
ReplyDeleteSome amazing work there chap.
ReplyDeleteThanks mark!
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ReplyDeletethe guys at my local fly shop have been complaining that hackle is getting really hard to come by. This is a great way to improvise. Great post Dustin!
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing troutman. I have deer hair in every imaginable color so my options are limitless.
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