Speaking of color matches, the not-so-famous color No.32 (Classic Chestnut) is a pretty good match when wet to the elusive color No.6B (Sherry Spinner). https://i.imgur.com/uVukffO.jpg But wait! There's more! Classic Chestnut is available right now (2/16/2020) at Jim Slattery's fly shop. https://jim...

No feathers needed, just more silk. :lol: I have some silk underwear that due to wear needs to be replaced. Interested? dd John, Here's your chance! You should take Stefan up on the offer. This is how mystical tying materials get started. It's the rarity, not the reality, that makes for iconic mate...

Phila, Will Dave Roberts be there again this year with piles of hackle? I have not heard a peep from him in months. John, I've heard neither peeps nor tweets from Dave either. His mountain of hackle always seems to be a fixture of the show, so I suspect he'll be there. I texted Dave to inquire but ...

For quite a few years, a friend and I were invitied to tie flies at the "Celebration of Fly Tying" event that used to be held in Grand Rapids, MI. During the fly tying, we used a small "tool(?)" to hold back the hackles before doing a whip finish. It never failed that during each event, quite a few...

Did you go there on horseback? dd Stefan, No, I was on foot fishing the lower meadow of Slough Creek (downstream of the Slough Creek Campground). It seems that in recent years the upper meadows of Slough (First and Second Meadow especially) are often more crowded than the lower meadow. Trout are be...

Just a wonderful fly and spectacular photography! Perhaps the award for best board photo of 2020 should be presented right now. Tup's nymphs have long been near and dear to me. My most satisfying fish of 2019 came to hand on a Tup's in July on Slough Creek in YNP. This well educated and hard-fished ...

John, Looks like the color Greenwell's to me also, but "The Bible" of hackle colors for me and some other hackle nerds is Frank Elder's The Book of the Hackle (1979). After waxing poetic for several pages about the color furnace, and after stating rather categorically that the color coch y bonddu do...

Phil - that is an excellent example of Mr. Grants work......I would really like to see a few more angled shots of that pattern, if you don mind.. Dana Dana, My apologies for leaving the impression that I took the photo of that George Grant woven nymph. I "collect" photos of classic flies tied by th...

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Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:22 am

I would gladly mail you a 6-inch piece for DNA verification.
Thanks- Ken

Ken,
I have a better idea. Send me your mailing address via a board message, and I'll send you a length of both my No.6b and my No.32.

Cheers,
Phil

Phil's 6A looks a lot more yellow on my screen than my 6A Light orange. Silk on white plastic spools look different than on wooden spools to my eye. The contrast is different. And lighting on photos is also different. dd Stefan, You make a good point about color of No.6A in my photo. I took the pho...