March browns....but its august

[wingman]

Tied these two march brown variants seeing as its august, but it does feel like march where I am. The first one uses woodcock for the wings and a cream/fiery brown seals fur mix for the body. the second uses partridge for the wings and a hare mix for the body. Tied on kamasan B175's size 12.

Woodcock march brown


Thread - Pearsalls brown
Tail - partridge
Body - cream/fiery brown seals fur mix
Rib - very fine gold wire
Hackle - furnace hackle
Wing - woodcock


Partridge march brown


Thread - pearsalls brown
Tail - tan hackle fibres
Body - hare mix
Rib - very fine gold wire
Hackle - badger
Wing - partridge

Thanks for looking and all comments welcome

cheers

mark

[dartmoor navigator]

Mark,

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Is absolutely delicious - bloody well outstanding.

[wingman]

Cheers mate, watch you might get RSI typing like that I take it that you like number one then, good choice.

[dartmoor navigator]

The March Brown is my favourite fly...

[darwin]

Mark they are both very nice, but I think Mr. Navigator prefers the first one.

[la_jolla1]

Very, very nice. Is your woodcock from Cookshill?

[bill1]

I don't know how you managed the head on the first, very neat. The wing has a lovely shape and the body is so subtly tapered. I also like the way the hackle mirrors the wing. Lovely looking fly.
However, for fishing, I'll take the second.

[flytyingguy]

Smashing flies, you ever tred a marach brown nymph style. They hammer fish in April...

[arkle]

I'd happily fish either of them as my first ever trout was on a March Brown, but with a partridge hackle.

[the stig]

top flys as expected both are great looking