WVAngler - Fly of the Week - Hot Hayne Parachute Ausable

The pictured HHAP is the way that I normally tie my HHAP's, HHP's, or HotHayne's (several names exist for this awesome fly). The fly, and dubbing, is credited to Ed Hayne. Whom a volume of good things could be written about. The Hot Hayne dubbing is a top secret recipe of multiple mixed dubbings, Ed has this recipe in a safety deposit box and will not divulge the information, don't even try. He does, at times, give away packages of his dubbing and I've been fortunate to have gotten some. He makes the dubbing by the pound, but does not sell it. The root color is salmon (best I can tell). Of course you could mix some various dry fly dubbings yourself to look similar. Ed's original formula for the HHAP calls for something different for the tail, but I use deer hair. Depending on my mood, I'll use either calf body hair or synthetic parachute post material for the post.

The key that unlocks the whole thing is the hot orange thread. The dubbing's secret is when it gets wet, as it has a translucent glow around the body and the orange thread seems to glow. This is as close to a secret weapon fly as I have ever used. I won't be caught dead on a stream without it from March to November in at least #14's and #16's.