Red Spider Fly Question
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Red Spider Fly Question
In Turton's, The Angler's Manual, 1836. He lists a pattern called the Red Spider Fly in which the pattern includes:
body of yellow silk dubbed with dark hare's ear dubbing on the bottom and light gray on the top
There is no ribbing listed. I am curious how one might approach this or if anyone knows how this was done.
body of yellow silk dubbed with dark hare's ear dubbing on the bottom and light gray on the top
There is no ribbing listed. I am curious how one might approach this or if anyone knows how this was done.
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
I'm not sure if this wording is exact but you get the idea.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
Just a guess, but if the thread was waxed (or if your careful- not waxed) if the dubbing was touched on once the thread was wrapped to the end of the shank and wrapped back forward in tight touching turns, the hare fur would become trapped both under the thread wraps and between them.
By bottom (dark) and top (light gray) I am guessing abdomen and thorax as the colours change, not top and bottom of the hook shank!
There is early reference to pine pitch or resin being used as we use wax today. This would "glue" the fur to the thread quite well.
Another option is to noodle dub. A lot of old script and dressing plates I have access to have quite heavily dressed bodies on the flies. This could be artistic flair, or how the flies actually were dressed.
By bottom (dark) and top (light gray) I am guessing abdomen and thorax as the colours change, not top and bottom of the hook shank!
There is early reference to pine pitch or resin being used as we use wax today. This would "glue" the fur to the thread quite well.
Another option is to noodle dub. A lot of old script and dressing plates I have access to have quite heavily dressed bodies on the flies. This could be artistic flair, or how the flies actually were dressed.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
Or alternatively, it could mean a layer of dark (dubbed going in one direction) and a layer of light (dubbed in the other) over it.Mataura mayfly wrote: By bottom (dark) and top (light gray) I am guessing abdomen and thorax as the colours change, not top and bottom of the hook shank!
Carl, if you could get the exact wording, it might make it easier to figure out. When I first read what you wrote, I thought of top and bottom of the shank, but that does seems to pose a problem. I suppose, tying in hand, you could hold a layer of light below the hook, a layer on top, and wrap the thread over them. You could pick out the excess, and I would guess enough would remain to give some color.
Bob
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The only reason I can't confirm the exact wording is it is a quote out of Tuton's book in Nemes' Centuries book. So I would hope it is a correct quote but I can't confirm it.
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Maybe it is to be read as an "under and over" as opposed to a "bottom and top" . I'm pretty sure the bottom and top wording is correct as I have seen it in other places listing Turton patterns.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
Hi Carl,
8. Red Spider.
Silk: Yellow.
Body: Dark H. E.
Thorax: Light H. E.
Hackle: Red mottled partridge rump feather.
This comes from Turtons list I downloaded from the site of Donald.
Greeting
Ruard
8. Red Spider.
Silk: Yellow.
Body: Dark H. E.
Thorax: Light H. E.
Hackle: Red mottled partridge rump feather.
This comes from Turtons list I downloaded from the site of Donald.
Greeting
Ruard
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
Thanks Ruard, So maybe top and bottom is a fore and aft distinction.
I guess with out the book we can't confirm it. Nemes says he lists the patterns directly from the book but only lists a hackle color in place of the hackles that are no longer available. He says this is the only change he made to the patterns. I just copied what he had listed as quoted from Turton's.
I guess with out the book we can't confirm it. Nemes says he lists the patterns directly from the book but only lists a hackle color in place of the hackles that are no longer available. He says this is the only change he made to the patterns. I just copied what he had listed as quoted from Turton's.
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
On Williams's site he has copied down the recipes from this book. He copied
Red Spider Fly:
Wings and Legs: red mottled Partridge rump feather
Body: hare’s ear, dark colored at bottom and grey at top
Silk: yellow
Note: in summer, for dark water, yellow dubbing is used. a very good fly, and often wanted.
Red Spider Fly:
Wings and Legs: red mottled Partridge rump feather
Body: hare’s ear, dark colored at bottom and grey at top
Silk: yellow
Note: in summer, for dark water, yellow dubbing is used. a very good fly, and often wanted.
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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Re: Red Spider Fly Question
Hi Carl,
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... l%20turton
This is a link to the book of Turton.
Red spider is on page 30
Greeting
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... l%20turton
This is a link to the book of Turton.
Red spider is on page 30
Greeting
There will allways be a solution.
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