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- Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:28 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Powell's Squashed Beetle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3314
Powell's Squashed Beetle
I was going to post this under the "Leisenring Hackles" subject but decided not to hijack another's posting. Fly dressings with a peacock body (green, bronze, etc.) are some of my favorite flies to tie and fish (my VERY favorite being Edmonds' & Lee's 8b March Brown). Whether with a we...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:02 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Greentail
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3031
Re: Greentail
John
Next time you do a presentation of the old dressings, please let me know. I would have included more in the stuff I recently sent you, although I do think there were a couple of the old dressings including E&L's March Brown.
Bob
Next time you do a presentation of the old dressings, please let me know. I would have included more in the stuff I recently sent you, although I do think there were a couple of the old dressings including E&L's March Brown.
Bob
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:04 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Sunshine and the Dry Fly
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12626
Re: Sunshine and the Dry Fly
I believe that during a discussion that I had years ago, I asked Alec Jackson why he was having his Soft Hackle and North Country hooks chromed by Daiichi. If I recall correctly, he stated that when sunlight reflects off the chromed hook, it looks like reflections within the water itself and makes t...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Grateful Red Nymphs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7669
Re: Grateful Red Nymphs
Have no idea what GD album it was .....found it on YouTube
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:45 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Landrail Sub
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4541
Re: Landrail Sub
I might have posted these before.
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:21 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Grateful Red Nymphs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7669
Re: Grateful Red Nymphs
I was listening to a Grateful Dead YouTube video as I was tying the fly, thus decided on the "Red" name.
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:16 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Greentail
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3031
Re: Greentail
Here’s the dressing from Pritt’s book 33. GREENTAIL (Grannom Fly). HOOK – No. 1 WINGS – Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing, or from a Partridge's neck, or from under a Hen Pheasant's wing. BODY – Lead coloured silk, twisted with a little fur from a Hare's face. TAIL – Green ...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Green Caddis Soft Hackle
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10531
Re: Green Caddis Soft Hackle
I tie several peacock bodied soft hackle variations using using a wire wrapped peacock body; partridge, hen, starling, etc.hackles for some very effective fishing. Using a lime green thread for the head and butt, creates a nice egg laying caddis variation.
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:02 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Dyed Partridge capes
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1546
Re: Dyed Partridge capes
I have one just like the bottom pic and another slightly lighter...both from Dave Roberts. I think I might have posted a pic of it awhile back. Makes very nice soft hackled dressings.
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:00 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Grateful Red Nymphs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7669
Re: Grateful Red Nymphs
Daiichi 1710....I use 14, 16 and 18