I still tie and fish a few buckskin patterns and believe the chamois gives the fish something to chew on. After a few fish, they get stanked and slimed like the real thing :twisted: ... synthetics don't do that. The downside is they do not dry well and there will be some rusty hooks but it's a small...

Carl, If you have any Dai-Riki #270 size #10. I use them on some of my soft hackle patterns.
John
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Hi John
I found a few packs of #12 and #14.
They are not full packs but if you are interested, send me your address in a pm and I'll mail them.
Rick

Very Nice!
At first, they looked like a biot body. A monochord is bomb proof!
I also like a stiffer hackle on a wet when fishing fast broken water during a spinner fall.
Browns like those softer waters but there's nothing like a ballistic rainbow in a riffle.
A little bit of Badger in that cape?

Trifly wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:00 am I am in the Wholesale Fly Company camp as well. I have started replacing my now discontinued Dai-Riki stock with them.

Wait... are you saying Dai-Riki is discontinuing their line of hooks, phasing out certain model numbers,
or you just like Wholesale Fly better?

I believe he does Ron. Not a better deal going anywhere. I'll second that, and yes, he does include the saddle. I was sorry Charlie was not at the FFS in Jersey last January. Apparently the cost for vendors became prohibitive. He always had a selection of variants that were just a little different ...

Dana was tying a few of those patterns at Fly Fest 2019 last February.
I don't have the quills he had but I'm having fun tying "Scotch style"
Ray, There's a good chance that the hackle on those are from Darbee too.
( I took a peek at his stash )

That has Cahill written all over it.
Very Nice!

jcwillow777 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:04 pm Thanks for posting this John. Yet another book to add to my library!

I received my copy yesterday. It's a 1972 second printing in great shape and only set me back a Jackson.

Very nice!
Those "Fuzzy Heads" fished in riffles during a Green Drake hatch would be a blast.
Well done Mr. Dougsden.

That is a mink, Dave. The white "beard" and dark coat is typical winter attire. You will see that they do have slightly webbed feet too. Big claws + nasty set of choppers = one mean critter. Take the time to process the pelt as Dana suggested. I have a beige mottled stole I'm taking apart ...