If you do have a swap I make several kinds including cobbler's wax. Bill

Type in spinning block in the search box and it will take you there. Because this book is limited preview some of the pages are missing and you stopped at a missing page. Bill

On pages 100 - 102 there is an interesting section on spinning blocks. Bill

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Interesting that he uses the Ashima F45 on his flies; http://www.srtroutsupply.com/images/143_F-45.jpg I wrote a couple of very favourable review of these hooks some years ago, if they had been available in straight eyes, and I had been able to get hold of them easily, I would probably be using the...

In the book " Soft Hackled Fly Addict" by Sylvester Nemes the author lists two flies for stoneflies. One is Dean's Black and the other is Black and Red dun. Bill

Hi Mike, No, it's just some wool I got for cheap on craigslist. I use it for dye tests so I can see the result without screwing up something rare and expensive. The Berlin wool that I dye is an imported yarn exactly the same as the original. One of the fly tyers I correspond with was in Scotland and...

I have been reading "Dame Juliana" by Buller and Falkus. Over the centuries there has been a lively debate on which insect is represented by each fly. For the Tandy Fly there are several choices: J W Hill Mayfly GEM Skues Oak fly E Taverner Greendrake J Heddon Summer Mayfly M Greenhalgh Se...

!n case anyone is interested:

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You can use Google Translate to translate the non-English pages into English. It's not even close to perfect but it is quick and free. Here is a link to the book by Cutcliffe mentioned in the article.The hackle descriptions are almost unbearable. Bill http://openlibrary.org/b/OL7086693M/art-of-trout...

I found this interesting and I thought others would too. Bill

http://www.flyfishingdevon.co.uk/wet%20 ... ymphs.html