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by Mfs686
Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Grouse and Pheasant
Replies: 11
Views: 3361

Re: Grouse and Pheasant

This one caught my attention and I tied up a few last night myself. Going to tie up more to add to my box.

Thanks for posting this.
by Mfs686
Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Magpie
Replies: 3
Views: 9578

Re: Magpie

Aren't they protected under the Migratory Bird Act?
by Mfs686
Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Hooks
Replies: 14
Views: 4113

Re: Hooks

I was just thinking about this the other day when I was shopping for hooks. Normally I just use whatever I have lying around. Never really put much thought into it. Style and price are more important than name. I was looking at the Firehole sticks and I came across some interesting comments. Apparen...
by Mfs686
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:04 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: 100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles
Replies: 8
Views: 2123

Re: 100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles

Very consistent! The mark of a master tyer. What is the tie a thon? https://www.tieathon.org/ I came across it on FB last year. I was going to tie up a bunch of hoppers but I forgot I donated my foam bodies and cutter to a 4H group that was teaching kids how to tie flies and Fly fish. Flies are goi...
by Mfs686
Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: 100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles
Replies: 8
Views: 2123

Re: 100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles

letumgo wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 9:40 am Beautiful hatch Mark! Well done & kudos.

I imagine your partridge skin now has a large patch missing. :D
Yep, pheasant tails are looking a little scraggly as well. :lol:
by Mfs686
Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: 100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles
Replies: 8
Views: 2123

100 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles

This is what a pile of 100 #16 Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles looks like. In case anyone was wondering. :lol:

Off to the Post office now to be donated to a Tie-A-Thon.
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by Mfs686
Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: First crack at a soft hackle and introduction
Replies: 10
Views: 3354

First crack at a soft hackle and introduction

Hello, my name is Mark and I'm new here. I've been swinging flies for steelhead and salmon for a few years now and just recently started trying to apply what I know to trout. I got an invite to go grouse hunting and trout fishing with a friend and fellow member here (senecalaker) last month and I ma...