I do not know what bird the quill comes from. I have a quill section that Dick Talleur gave me long ago saying "here use this for Breadcrusts". I have heard that the originals were tied with grouse quill.
Tom
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- Sat Jul 02, 2022 3:36 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Breadcrust
- Replies: 6
- Views: 150
- Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:52 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Breadcrust
- Replies: 6
- Views: 150
- Fri May 27, 2022 1:57 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Frank Sawyer's Nymphs
- Replies: 59
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Re: Frank Sawyer's Nymphs
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- Fri May 06, 2022 3:05 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Red Fox Squirrel Nymph
- Replies: 9
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Re: Red Fox Squirrel Nymph
Very nicely done!!
Tom
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- Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:10 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Stewarts winged fly #1.
- Replies: 3
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Stewarts winged fly #1.
Found this interesting. Stewarts 1st winged fly called for a wood cock wing with a Hackle of landrail and a body of yellow silk. I subbed American Woodcock over covert feather rolled for the wing and the reddish undercovert feather for the called for landrail hackle along with the yellow silk for th...
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:09 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stewarts Red Spider
- Replies: 6
- Views: 706
Re: Stewarts Red Spider
Tom [/quote] According to W.C. Stewart in his book, The Practical Angler ( worth owning in my opinion ) Stewart says; The Red Spider should be made of the small feather taken from the outside of the wing of the landrail, dressed with yellow silk, and is deserving of a very high rank, particularly in...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:43 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stewarts Red Spider
- Replies: 6
- Views: 706
Re: Stewarts Red Spider
Just my interpretation. Nobody really knows. I have seen Starling,landrail,dotterel listed by others. A pattern that works and no one knows how to correctly tie it!
Tom
Tom
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:13 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stewarts Red Spider
- Replies: 6
- Views: 706
Stewarts Red Spider
Hook. Daiichi 1180 size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls gossamer yellow.
Body .same.
Hackle. Landrail! Subbed with under covert feather of a European Jay.
Silk. Pearsalls gossamer yellow.
Body .same.
Hackle. Landrail! Subbed with under covert feather of a European Jay.
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 8:22 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Howarths Yellow Spider
- Replies: 9
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Howarths Yellow Spider
Hook. Partridge North Country size 14.
Silk Pearsalls gossamer yellow.
Body. Same.
Thorax. Peacock Herl.
Hackle. Light Partridge.
Silk Pearsalls gossamer yellow.
Body. Same.
Thorax. Peacock Herl.
Hackle. Light Partridge.
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:04 am
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: March Brown Soft Hackle Emerger (Nick Mango tutorial video)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 933
Re: March Brown Soft Hackle Emerger (Nick Mango tutorial video)
Another way of saying as Darbee did. The wing is set back at the expense of a shortened body leaving a clean neck at the eye of the hook so that the fly floats better. Turle knot,clinch not,or whatever you use has nothing to do with how the fly floats. The stiffness of the tippet material would,espe...