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- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:01 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Permanent Marker Pens - Does anyone use them on hackle?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 242
Re: Permanent Marker Pens - Does anyone use them on hackle?
I've used Panton pens in the past on various materials with great success and on hackle with varied success. Someone in the local fly fishing club said they'd had good luck with Chartpack pens. May have to try a few.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:16 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: “Mustang Sally”
- Replies: 13
- Views: 262
Re: “Mustang Sally”
If there is a music store in your area that sells violins and cellos, they probably carry beautiful, white, stallion tail hair. It's used on the bow of those stringed instruments.
They probably also have different grades of rosin, if you want to make your own tying waxes.
They probably also have different grades of rosin, if you want to make your own tying waxes.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:26 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Eurasian Collared Dove (Dotterel Substitute)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 431
Re: Eurasian Collared Dove (Dotterel Substitute)
DUBBN, yup, nothing compared to the sweet sound of a Mourning Dove. I have heard they are slightly tastier than the Mourning Dove and much larger. This thing about them being a good Dotterel sub is a bonus.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:05 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Black Spider... kind of
- Replies: 18
- Views: 656
Re: Black Spider... kind of
Washington State has a Black Skwala Stonefly hatch that happens around early April, depending on weather. We used to live a ten minute drive from the Deschutes River in Washington, not Oregon. The river runs past the old Rainier Brewery and the State Capitol Campus in Olympia. The river is open to f...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:45 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: “Mustang Sally”
- Replies: 13
- Views: 262
Re: “Mustang Sally”
Nicely tied fly. Horse hair makes great bodies or overbodies on flies. It does stretch a bit when wet. Leaders and lines were made from the white tail hairs of a lusty stallion. Mares urinate on their tails, making the hairs weaker. I'd hate to have the fish of a lifetime break off because a horse h...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Greenwell's & Flymph
- Replies: 5
- Views: 277
Re: Greenwell's & Flymph
I'm like Ray. How did I miss these. Both are beautiful examples. Nicely done.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:20 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: “Pritt’s Water Cricket” Part 2
- Replies: 7
- Views: 220
Re: “Pritt’s Water Cricket” Part 2
Bob, The watercricket with a waxed primrose body is a killer when BWOs are about. I tie them on a Daiichi 1640, size 14. That 2XS shank is just about perfect for a wee blue wing.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:07 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: “Pritt’s Water Cricket” Part 2
- Replies: 7
- Views: 220
Re: “Pritt’s Water Cricket” Part 2
Great fly, nicely dressed. I tie them in orange and primrose, usually in a 14.
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:58 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: “GS & M” soft hackle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 377
Re: “GS & M” soft hackle
Very buggy looking. I like it.
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:40 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Cleaning House
- Replies: 8
- Views: 239