letumgo wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:46 pm Could you post a picture of the skin? I’d love to see the range of feathers the skin offers.

I have the image on Instagram as well.

https://instagram.com/p/B21QZlSo0j6/

Hi into the round of experts.

I got two capercaillie hens from a hunter friend. Very interesting feathers for fly tying I think. Anybody having an idea which patterns these traditionally where used in?

Thanks for the input beforehand.

Cheers & tight lines,
TZ

Yeah, another magnet man I also have those small magnets pretty much everywhere.

How can I upload images?

This fly is close to my heart as I have not caught more fish on any other dry fly. I tie in sizes 14 to 18. My last trout on it was good a 2,2kg (4,85pounds) angry wild brown trout. It slammed the fly hard and just took off with it. I also caught very good grayling on this fly.

I always twisted the ...

brilliant ...

I don’t know this first hand but it is my understanding that many of the birds used in fly tying were available whole at food markets in England in the past. I get this impression from writers such as Skues. Certainly many of those who fished also hunted or knew hunters. There are also the birds ...

correct.

The hare emerger is also described in Bobs book - "What Trout want". In my tying descriptions I usually reference to his work as he has researched and explained much more in detail why such patterns work so well.

I believe it is a further development from the deer hair emerger, which has ...

DUBBN wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:18 pm Well done. Very impressive!

Thx .. Konstanse knows what she's doing

Hi,

I´d like to share a version of Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Larva. Here is the video of my Girlfriend & fishing companion tying it.

Cheers,
TZ