Updated 981024
Swedish version
Tying description for:

Dawn Series

IQ Black Dawn | IQ Blue Dawn | IQ Dawn |
IQ Green Dawn | IQ Red Dawn
IQ Thunder Dawn | IQ Yellow Dawn

These flies are presented by the originator:
Ismo Saastamoinen

Photographs by Tomas Yeh

IQ Black Dawn

Tag: Oval gold tinsel lacquered
Tail:
Fire orange hackle
Butt:
Flour orange floss
Body:
Rear half; flat gold tinsel, front half; black and gold crystal seal
Ribbing:
Oval gold tinsel and flour orange floss
Hackle:
Black hackle over front half only.
Throat:
Black heron or soft cock hackle extending beyond hook bend.
Wing:
1 Fire orange hackle set back to back. 2. Two red flash set one on each side.
3 Golden brown fox or raccoon body hair.
Head:
Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

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IQ Blue Dawn

Tag: Oval silver and blue floss lacquered
Tail: Blue, red and blue hackle set on top of each other.
Butt: Flour red floss
Body: Rear half; Flat silver tinsel, front half; Light blue crystal seal
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel and red floss.
Hackle: King fisher blue hackle over front half only.
Throat: king fisher blue extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. King fisher blue hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/3 Brown fox
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

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IQ Dawn

Tag: Oval silver tinsel lacquered
Tail: Yellow hackle.
Butt: Flour orange floss.
Body: Rear half; flat silver tinsel, front half; black and gold crystal seal.
Ribbing:
Oval silver and flour green floss.
Hackle: Black hackle over front half only.
Throat: Yellow hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Hot orange hackle set back to back 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 green raccoon body, 2/3 brown fox and a small bunch of golden brown fox or raccoon body hair.
Head:
Black with a stripe of flour orange floss

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IQ Green Dawn

Tag: Flat gold tinsel lacquered.
Tail: Green, orange and green hackle set on top of each others.
Butt: Flour green floss.
Body: Rear half; Flat gold tinsel, front half; green highlander crystal seal.
Ribbing:
Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: Green hackle over front half only.
Throat: Green hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Yellow hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/4 white fox, 1/4 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/4 brown fox.
Head:
Black with a stripe of flour green floss.

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IQ Red Dawn

Tag: Oval gold tinsel lacquered.
Tail: Red, fire orange and red hackle set on top of each other.
Butt:
Flour orange floss.
Body: Rear half Flat gold tinsel, front half. Red crystal seal.
Ribbing:
Oval gold and flour orange floss.
Hackle: Black hackle over front half only.
Throat: Red hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Fire orange hackle set back to back. 2. two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 white fox, 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 1/3 black fox.
Head:
Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

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IQ Thunder Dawn

Tag: Oval gold tinsel and flour orange floss lacquered.
Tail: Hot orange hackle.
Butt:
Flour red floss.
Body: Rear half; black floss, front half black crystal seal.
Ribbing:
Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: Orange heron or soft long cock hackle over front half only.
Throat: Blue guinea fowl.
Wing: 1. deep blue hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair, 2/3 brown fox
Head:
Black with a stripe of flour orange floss

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IQ Yellow Dawn

Tag: Oval silver tinsel
Tail: Yellow, green and yellow hackle set on top of each other.
Butt:
Flour red floss
Body: Rear half, Flat silver tinsel, front half yellow crystal seal.
Ribbing:
Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: Yellow hackle over front half only.
Throat: Yellow hackle extending to hook point
Wing: 1. Yellow hackle set back to back 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/3 brown fox.
Head:
Red with a stripe of flour red floss.

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These flies are presented by the originator:
Ismo Saastamoinen

Photographs by Tomas Yeh

 

 

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