Ausable Softhackle

Fly: Loren Williams, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Mustad 9671
Thread: Fire Orange
Tail: Brown Hungarian Partridge Fibers--sparse
Body: ˝ Rusty Australian Possum—sparsely dubbed so thread shows
Hackle: one wrap of oversized dun CDC under 1-2 wraps of Brown Hungarian Partridge

Note: The name given to this pattern reflects the color scheme, and dubbing, so common to Francis Betters’ patterns. The CDC mimics the struggle of life without really adding to the appearance of the pattern.

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