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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

I'm like Ray. How did I miss these. Both are beautiful examples. Nicely done.

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.

Great fly, nicely dressed. I tie them in orange and primrose, usually in a 14.

Very buggy looking. I like it.

DUBBN wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:24 pm

letumgo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:42 pm I hope the recipients realize what a treasure they've received. Kudo's Wayne. What a kind thing to do.

They weren't all worthy causes. One destination was supposed to send me a ticket to the Adult Film industries midget awards.

DUBBN, you rascal you.