Double Whammy- by Hans Weilenmann

featured, Fly Patterns, Videos — By Kevin Hospodar on April 26, 2012 9:48 am

Hans Weilenmann shows his great emerger pattern. The colors can be adapted to meet local hatches.

Hook: Partridge GRS6A #12
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, tan
Abdomen: Argentinean hare, dark olive
Wing: Deer hair
Thorax: Snowshoe rabbit (aka Snowshoe hare)

See more of Hans’ flies at http://www.danica.com/flytier

Rating: +6 (from 6 votes)

5 Comments

Dan Wight says:

April 26, 2012 at 11:27 pm

A very nice simple pattern. I have tied and used a pattern that looks very similar but instead of the snowshoe in from I have substituted CDC that I happened to have lots of at the time. I shall try the same tie with the snowshoe and I am sure they will get along famously in my boxes.

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bill hartlage says:

April 27, 2012 at 1:46 am

I tie a similar fly using goose biot for abdomen,wing of elk with an underwing of ice dubbing and form a head of elk clipped as on a muddler. will try cdc or rabbit as on the double wammy

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Mitch Gunner Svaty says:

April 27, 2012 at 2:40 pm

I like it, its a simple pattern and I’m just
getting into using the Snowshoe rabbit material

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Roger Wight says:

May 5, 2012 at 3:57 pm

Saw Dan Wight’s comment so it must be good

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Robert Maldonado says:

May 30, 2012 at 5:27 pm

I like it.

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