Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)

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Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)

Post by ScottP » Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:58 am

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A Tom Ivens' British stillwater pattern from the 70's. Original fly was tied with a body of gold foil from a milk bottle known as a gold top; at that time the Jersey cows were the ones milked to give the best full cream milk, hence the name Jersey Herd.

hook - Mustad 79580 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - small wire copper
underbody - Uni-stretch orange
body - mylar tinsel copper
tail/shellback/head - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown


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Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (vatiation)

Post by daringduffer » Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:17 am

Scott - you are a Master of the Art of educating people of our historical heritage. Kudos, as they say.

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Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)

Post by letumgo » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:29 pm

Agreed! I am enjoy seeing these patterns and hearing the history. Another marvelous contribution.
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Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (vatiation)

Post by William Anderson » Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:58 pm

daringduffer wrote:Scott - you are a Master of the Art of educating people of our historical heritage. Kudos, as they say.

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Same here. I'm too young to have lived through any of these patterns. I've read quite a bit but you constantly bring something new to me. Much appreciated. This has all the markings of a great pattern and those cool 70's & 80's techniques. Beautifully done.
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Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)

Post by Roadkill » Fri Dec 25, 2015 12:07 am

Nice fly!! 8-) I think I will have to tie a variation for steelhead as well as a few for trout.
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