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- Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:50 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Hurricane, Barnes Special, Stewart's Hawk
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1917
Re: Hurricane, Barnes Special, Stewart's Hawk
Love the Stewart's Hawk, Norm. My bench hasn't seen a JC nail that nice in years; all of mine are split and look like roadkill.
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:04 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Visit Magpie Materials for Hen Necks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2379
Re: Visit Magpie Materials for Hen Necks
Carl, Ron, and Charlie; that ain't bad advertising right there! I don't know Charlie Craven, though I've watched a lot of his videos. We, here in the forum, are beyond blessed to count Carl and Ron among our betters (my betters anyway). Those capes look amazing; I would kill for either one of them.
- Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:31 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Bad news from YLI
- Replies: 3
- Views: 641
Re: Bad news from YLI
Good; hopefully they can continue to carry on. Alan (BrkTrt) was a big fan of YLI silks and sent a few spools to me to try. As much as I like precedent and tradition (Pearsall's), I am now a big fan of YLI silks.
- Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:54 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Rootbeer & Rust
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3603
Re: Rootbeer & Rust
If I size that down a bit, it's a wonderful northern Maine brookie pattern; consider it stolen.
- Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:51 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Old Blue Dun
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2542
Re: Old Blue Dun
Awesome tie as usual, Norm.
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Canary
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2540
Re: Canary
Merry Christmas, Norm!
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Preferred Silk
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3897
Re: Preferred Silk
I still have a pile of Pearsall's, but I don't use it much these days. I gave all my purple Pearsall's to Dana; good riddance. Purple is the color of ee' vil. Alan (BrkTrt) sent a few spools of Kimono to me when he first started using it. The availability is excellent and the colors, to my eye, are ...
- Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Splitting versus dubbing ropes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7085
Re: Splitting versus dubbing ropes
I'm getting old, and my vision is really starting to suck. I'm tired of stabbing myself with the needle. Oh, and I'm lazy. I use a loop.
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Artula
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3382
Re: Artula
Sweet! It's a Nine three with an attitude.
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Gray Ghost
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3699
Re: Gray Ghost
Carrie Stevens would approve. Beautiful job as ever, Norm.