In an earlier post I suggested chukar tail as a landrail substitute. I included a photo comparing a chukar tail with a landrail wing. Now I see that Leisenring resorted to using French partridge which is very similar to chukar.

Skues wrote that the gradation from dark to light makes the valuation of the bullfinch feather. He added that the bloa part of the brilliant blue shoulder feather of the jay makes a fairly efficient substitute.

I saw Ron's hook collection (at least some of it) at the NJ fly tying show. Ronn Lucas bought his shop and his knowledge.

https://globalflyfisher.com/tie-better/ ... f-redditch

https://www.totalflyfisher.com/news/ite ... -cox-rawle

This might be interesting to those who like fishing hook history.

http://ronnlucassr.com/hook-information/old-hooks/

I remember seeing pictures of the old Partridge works. There was one of a worker Japanning hooks in an enameled metal salad bowl. A number classic salmon fly tyers rework large hooks into blind eye salmon hooks. I make Japan black that some use on their reworked hooks.

With the high interest in the Allcock hooks I find it surprising that, with so many fishing hook manufacturers, some company doesn't custom order reproductions. I really miss Gaelic Supreme for this reason.

Thanks John. That’s exactly what I needed, a photo.

Thanks John for the awesome reply. I bought quite a bit of undyed crewel wool from England. Not sure if I dyed any that color so I’ll have to check.

In "Brook & River Trouting" the authors list two winged wet fly spinners. I don't think that I've ever seen an example online anywhere. Has anyone tied any of these?

Ron just told me he replaced the wax from seven years ago. A lot has changed since then. I keep trying to find ways to improve my waxes. In the latest version of the wax in a tin I have added an antioxidant to the formula to hopefully add to the shelf life.