This year is the 100th anniversary of Sunshine and the Dry Fly. For anyone wanting to take a deep dive into the subject there is this;
https://www.steelpillow.com/dunne/flyfi ... atdf3.html

Of the books that I have, this is the only one that has a pattern that calls for artificial silk. I’ve been looking for this color for a long time.

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Lots of information on flymphs. https://midcurrent.com/flies/what-was-old-is-new-again-fishing-with-wet-flies/?utm_source=MidCurrent+Fly+Fishing+Email+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6c8e8f84b7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_24_12_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-34fda8134e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&am...

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.