letumgo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:13 am Are you going to frame this set of flies? It would make a beautiful set, mounted around the old b/w bulletin image and patterns.

Good stuff Carl. Your attention to detail is admirable.

Cool hooks! Barbless up-eyes? Neat!

+1 For the display !!!!!

Well done as usual Carl.
And kudos for the hook porn as well - Those are special!

And I did have a few others, which I gave away to people over the years. A couple of interesting things I did note: a couple of the hackles appear to be dyed blue dun, and, a couple of the flies have clipped hackle - Common practice back then.

To be honest, I wish I knew who the other guys were. And I wasn’t really tuned in to who HE was either! Truth of the matter is I was a clumsy kid, that was disturbing their fishing, and they gave me the flies to get rid of me - that would most probably be their side of the story !

A bit more about the Breadcrust - I believe Ed Rolka was from Eastern Pennsylvania, where this pattern originated. It was/is a mainstay locally, especially on the Lackawaxen and Broadheads. Originally, the pattern was rough rusty wool, over wrapped with a dyed brown-red condor herl. Touching turns w...

all Bills flies are exceptional -

Havent had a response in my past ten posts. Keep the record going folks. Keep wondering why your forum struggles. Trifly - thats the fella, Ed Rolka. Thanks for posting that link. Regarding the lack of "post responses": Speaking for myself, I don't have much time during the week to get de...

Time for a new thread-let’s not hijack this one.
One of the original tiers was a fellow with the last name Rolka, a Pennsylvanian. Look him up....And somewhere on this Board, Ray posted a picture of one of mine.
More later,
Dana

I'm really enjoying this thread. I live in far off northern Maine, above Caribou. We have a very healthy Grouse population up here. I don't know that I've ever really seen a 'red' phase Grouse. I always think they look much rustier in the summer and 'gray up' as the season progresses into the monot...

hmmmm - thanks dd