I was taught, and still fish with snelled flies. My leader is as follows: 1. Nail knot 6” of .021 hard Maxima to the flyline. Add a figure eight loop, 5/16” in diameter to the Maxima. 2. Add a tapered leader(loop to loop) to the Maxima - I use Varivas’s 9’ tapered to 2X. Put a 5/16” diameter figure ...

More spools.....Not only is the silk fantastic to work with, the design and craftsmanship that went into making the woods pools is fascinating as well.

Thero

I love old silk-there’s just something about the way it handles.....bought this old plastic spool box, with the contents:

John Glad to hear of your success with the folded wing. For me, it sounds odd that so many haven’t used nor heard of the folded wing: this method is a staple of eastern Pennsylvania tyers. Actually, this is the first winging method Ivan taught me. It works excellent with the “forward and split techn...

A few more packets.....

If you look closely, you can see the item description on each label - the ink has faded over the years.

Vintage condor quills and herl from Reed Tackle -truly one of the finest materials for quill bodies......NO ONE could strip and dye like the father!

those are some loooong mole fibers - must be the Maryland sub- specie!!

tie2fish wrote: ↑Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:59 pm " I tied it in as a bundle out over the hook eye with two loose wraps, then tightened down to sort of roll it around the shank."

Bill - that is the exact way to scotch tie hackle(step two)............one of these days Ill get that SBS done!!


Dana

Lots of great replies on this topic - I think the blue eared pheasant that Carl mentions is better than heron in many instances. And the wood duck is one of the more underutilized birds at our disposal. Eric Leiser has paragraphs in his book “Fly tying materials” on this subject. If you don’t have t...