Tying Tip Snowshoe Rabbit Foot

[@duderoony]

Dude..... that is one nice fly. And expertly tied too! Thank you for sharing.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks 😃😃😃

[@hankvana2149]

Nice one Vladimir!! Just so happens that this morning I was out for a walk and a snowshoe rabbit made the mistake of thinking I hadn't seen him - so I invited him home for dinner and we will be tying flies together as well. :-) Thanks for posting - added this pattern to the "to be tied" list! Cheers! Hank

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 And how was the dinner? Thank you, glad you liked it

[@hankvana2149]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Dinner was excellent - feet are pinned out for drying. Below freezing temperatures and 10 cm of ice on my beaver pond! I've tied a couple odd flies but the real fly tying season starts after Christmas!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@hankvana2149 happy tying season 😃😃

[@hankvana2149]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing I must have been good this year - Santa brought 6 EMPTY fly boxes - now I have to get to work filling them! One box will be for dry flies - I am really liking this pattern and think it will be ideal for the waters I fish. The smallmouth bass have absolutely NO respect and will brutalize a fly and the panfish (bless their tasty bodies) slobber all over flies so I need a pattern that will stand the abuse and still float well. Think that this pattern, heavily tied, will make a nice bulky fly that these (uncouth) fish prefer. Might even add more tail (splayed) and a coarse dubbed body, apply floatant to the whole thing and use it as a soft-bodied popper. Cheers! Hank

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@hankvana2149 thanks, glad you like it. Hope you will send me photos of fish that you got on it. 6 boxes.... thats going to be a nice, but sweet job filling them...

[@rjf1877]

very nice job ! I really appreciate your description of how to work with snowshoe rabbit. I see it used quite often, but with much explanation, thanks for your good work !

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you. I really appreciate your comment. I am glad to know that it helps what i do with those videos

[@adamguerich9200]

beautiful fly, first time I've seen a hare shoe wing.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks. Its great material. Very durable, easy to maintain and it keeps buoyancy longer than most wing materials. Cheers Vladimir 😃🍺

[@Thymallus1965]

Lovely fishinable fly pattern - I'll feel inspired to do some myself. Thank you for showing it to us. Cheers Torben, DK

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you Torben, use it for some faster water and you will love it. This exact fly is for very rough waters, for normal rapids just use half of the rabbit foot hairs i used.

[@Thymallus1965]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing I'll take some with me to Norway on next summers trip and let you know how they worked :-)..Last summer I visited Skalestrommen fly fishing i Lierne (middle of Norway) and he has very large snow show rabbit feet for sale (local big rabbit) , if you are looking for longer fibers (skalestrommen.no)

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@Thymallus1965 have tight lines there... I never heard for that rabbit. I will have a look. Thank you for the info.

[@williamemmons8816]

Just watched this video and the partridge and cdc mayfly ! Learned a few new concepts , great explanation of fly and tying method !

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you for watching.. I am trying to give something useful in all of my videos. Sometimes its not said directly, but i guess its clear enough. Anyway, thanks for taking time to watch some videos... Glad to habe you on the channel 😀

[@paramidge8935]

Good work - applicable to many variants and seriously robust. Thanks.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks for watching. Snowshoe is an amazing material. Underrated for unknown reasons.... If used in different colours i think it beats deer and elk hair.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

This pattern works great on the Madison , it floats like a cork in fast water . I also use snowshoe rabbit for my RS2 emerger patterns . Thanks nice tie :-)

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you 😀. I love snowshoe because of floating properties too

[@Gaesekki]

That is awesome. Great explanation and detail.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much 😀🍻

[@termite122]

that is an awesome looking fly...very nicely done..

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. Glad you liked it 😀

[@reserrvoirman]

Great tie should float like a cork , nicely tied.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot mate. Cheers. Vladimir 🍺

[@flyrodhiker8326]

Very nicely done sir! I’m definitely using this one!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

thank you very much. i am terribly sorry for late response. stay safe.. cheers :)

[@NewEnglandStreamers]

Great looking fly, informative video, thanks!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you for taking time to watch it. Glad you liked the video

[@splishsplash2579]

One nice looking fly which must catch fish , Cheers

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks, Make few and try them. I am sure you will like it even more 😃

[@joeduca8582]

That was awesome Vladimir! Thanks for all the tips on the thread, dubbing & taper, and the wing construction and handling the foot. I like ss foot for wings, mostly for Betters" Usual and some other flies. I have lots of feet, not enough to open a "shoe store", lol, but all are natural. I have some that were harvested early season before they went into the white color phase so they're both brown and white hairs. I got them from a local baker that's an avid hunter besides making awesome bread and pastries, pays to buy local :o) Thanks, hope all is well with you and yours!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you my friend.... China is safe now... Almost gone. I wish it would be the same for the rest of the world

[@joeduca8582]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Me too :o(

[@ret285]

Beautiful mayfly pattern. Thank you for sharing.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much. I am happy to share if it can help 🍻🍻🍻

[@PaulKenyonFFD]

This is my kind of fly "Big wings and a soggy bottom" !

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

I had to... Its for rough water 😀😀

[@rjf1877]

It now Baetis time on our river and I was wondering how small you would tie this fly using the snowshoe rabbit for a wing. Thanks very much

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

I was tying snowshoe down to sizes as small as 24. Its way more visible with snowshoe and its more buoyant resistant to teeth... So.... Good choice for tiny flies

[@rjf1877]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing That's great, thanks for the reply, do you make any modification to how you dress these smaller flies ? Do you still add the polypropylene ? It sure does help to use the Nano Silk ! Thanks again, stay healthy.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@rjf1877 it mostly depends on how small i tie. If the fly is smaller than 18 or 20 i usually keep it very simple. For small flies... 20-16 it depends on my mood.... If i am into details and extra steps than i add some details.... But its for my satisfaction doesnt have to do with catch rate... 🤣

[@rjf1877]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Thanks Vladimir, just one more question if you don't mind, on the #20 and smaller dries, do you use any body material or just use a thread body ? Thanks much !

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@rjf1877 usually just the thread. Dubbing the thread for too small flies can be challenging and its unnecessary so i tend to skip it

[@ronipike]

Very nice!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot 😀

[@ph2738]

What is that tail material? How do you spell it?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Cdl, coq de leon. Spanish rooster feather. It has stiffer barbules so it supports fly better. And it looks great

[@jimslade]

Why not utilize snowshoe for the tailing material

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Its too curved... More appropriate for the trailing shuck. Personally i prefer straight CDL barbs. But as you said... Snowshoe will serve some purpose too.