Ken, That's the abbreviation that Fly Fishing and Fly Tying magazine uses. I get mine from the iPad app. They have several other fly fishing magazine apps as well.

I receive FF&FT as well. I can download a sample to see if I want to purchase a copy. The April and May 2024 issues each have an article on North Country “soft hackle” flies.

Ray, The color is one of the many ten gram tests that I made using mohair. The mohair is bleached. Rosborough wrote the bleaching give fibers translucence. This is what Ronalds says: 6. TO DYE FEATHERS VARIOUS SHADES OF RED, AMBER, AND BROWN. First boil them in the alum mordant (see No.1); secondly,...

I posted this on the FB flymph group but since not everone is on FB I’m posting here too.In researching the Great Red Spinner, I noticed that Leisenring’s pattern is almost the same as Alfred Ronalds’. One difference is that Ronalds gives a dye recipe for the bright amber red hackle. While pondering...

What about shipping flammable liquids from the UK?

“French Fishing Flies” by Jean-Paul Pequegnot. Another fly in the book is Peute.

This the feather to use for herl.

https://www.lathkill.com/feathers-class ... uills.html

I follow Cookshill on FB. Steve posts pictures when he has them. From now to January seems to be when he has them. The last one was listed for £25 in November 2022.

Cookshill has them occasionally.