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- Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:25 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Safe Material Storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12636
Re: Safe Material Storage
John, great info! Did Coopers use a vise? As far as I can determine Cooper didn't use a vise, the use of which was just beginning to come into common use in the last quarter of the 19th Century. The hooks are actually quite fine in the wire and more delicate than those in common use today. Sneck be...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:55 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Safe Material Storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12636
Re: Safe Material Storage
Just a few hundred.......I have his fly wallets, materials, and manuscript collection. Here are some examples.ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:01 pm John excellent, thank you for posting.
Do you have any of his flies?
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Safe Material Storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12636
Re: Safe Material Storage
Some of the envelopes from the HWC collection.
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Safe Material Storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12636
Re: Safe Material Storage
Sorted and bundled materials from the Henry Walbran Cooper Collection
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Safe Material Storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12636
Re: Safe Material Storage
I isolate everything to at least two, and usually three levels. I.E. Clean, DRY material goes into a well sealed zip top bag. Groups of corresponding materials go into a larger zip top bag. Finally, these go into Lock n Lock containers, the very best airtight, stackable, containers on the market. ww...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:36 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Question about the use of fine wire ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3972
Re: Question about the use of fine wire ?
Very fine metallic wires have been available for centuries and were used to decorate clothing and other fabric products, especially military garments, as were flat, round, oval, and embossed metallic tinsels. I think that their tendency to tarnish when exposed to air and water water may be one of th...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Mustad Catalog of Flies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 42062
Re: Mustad Catalog of Flies
Oddly enough, these are called "worm hooks" but weren't used for bait fishing, instead they were used to dress a pattern called the "Worm Fly". In Veniard's A Further Guide to Fly Dressing , 1964, the dressing is given on page 134 with this description: "This is another patt...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:21 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Can it get any worse?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3577
Re: Can it get any worse?
Worse? It bears no resemblance in color or form to any stage of the natural Ephemerella Subvaria whatsoever. Looks like another of those "This is my version of a (fill in the blank)" flies based on nothing more then the whim of some well meaning thread jocky with too much enthusiasm but to...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Orvis Flymphs
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18350
Re: Orvis Flymphs
These sets are very rare, besides the one I have, this is the only other intact set of Orvis Flymphs I've seen. What makes these especially interesting is how close to the original Pete Hidy Flymphs these are and the Orvis people went to some pains to maintain authenticity and accuracy of the dressi...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Who Fishes Wood?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33472
Re: Who Fishes Wood?
After several years of me badgering him to do so, Per Brandin is working on some 10' hollow built rods specifically for fishing Spiders. I've cast the first couple prototypes, one a 4 and the other a 5 and both will do the job with aplomb. However, Per called me last week saying that the second roun...