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(I thought perhaps I posed this Q before, but I don't see it in my history, so here goes...)
I found a dozen baggies of materials all made up for a tying class, but they're not labeled. What do these make?:
Size 8 or 10 hook, standard wire (or so I judge); Yellow thread; Shortish, fineish, deer hair; Dryer sheet.
(Someone has suggested that the dryer sheet might be for preventing static in a hair stacker, not a part (cut wings?) of the fly proper.)
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The first fly that comes to mind is the Tom Thumb. It has a tail, wing and body all tied with deer hair. The yellow thread cross wrapped could have it represent a grasshopper. That of course assumes that the dryer sheet is, as you mentioned, in the bag as an anti static.
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Possible, but I think not. I don't recall the name as one of the class flies, and I don't think the hair supplied is long enough.
Cute pattern, though (I just Googled it); only twice as complex as Darwin Atkin's Cartop Caddis.
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Tom thumb would be my suggestion also. Fly fishing is new for me but when I have time i"m really enjoying it.
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Haven't seen one for years but what about a Haystack? Again the yellow thread forms the body. IIRC you tie a tail of deer hair, could extend the butts to the base of the tail then over wrap, add deer hair wing, go fishin! Dryer sheet = anti static. Jeez, I keep this up and I'll have to do a column on the Haystack.....probably will anyway lol.
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Again, don't think so. Name not familiar in the context, and I think (from googling) the original used a dubbed body, perhaps of muskrat. There's no way this teacher would have passed up the opportunity to use more muskrat! (And fidelity to originator was a virtue.)
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The Humpy has a hackle. The materials bags contain no feathers.
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Could do a stimulator....
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Not that, either. I have the class instructions for a Stimulator- all sorts of other materials.
Thanks for trying, all. Still hoping...
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WHAT were the class flies?
How about a yellow ant?
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Over 35 years, there were many, many class flies.
A deer hair ant doesn't sound familiar, but I'll check.
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You're slipping into crypticism again.
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I've paged through most of the binders, still can't determine. There's a Goddard, but it calls for a hackle. If the packages contained a feather and/or some dubbing, it could be one of a trazillion patterns; but they don't.
So here I am, all dressed up with student packages, with nowhere to go!
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I'm still digging through my library but.......so far ya got me on this one.
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I've kept my eye on it since this post, but it hasn't budged an inch; -even here in earthquake country. So just why am I keeping watch?
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Fish hatchery food pellet?
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