Does anyone have a handy chart with approximate conversions from what (for example) Pritt meant by a "size 0" to todays sizes. I know that there was a "new" system introduced sometime in the latter 19th century and subsequently abandoned. I also know that Andrew Herd showed a hoo...

I've never tied it with the coot wing- is it less fragile than the jackdaw? I break the jackdaw a lot. I've started using feathers from the back of the jackdaw neck because they seem to wind a little better. I haven't tried coot either. I have used water hen and haven't noticed a fragility problem.

Not to be a snot- but why use water rat? Edmonds and Lee call for mole. Do you like the water rat better? The tie is terrific, by the way. But here's what Pritt has to say: No. 1 8. LITTLE DARK WATCHET (Iron Blue Dun), Hook O short. WINGS. Hackled with a feather from a Jackdaw's neck, or outside a ...

Intense, Roy! That's got Electric Kool-aid Acid Test written all over it. I can almost here Jimi in the background. :D As a card-carrying Deadhead, it's my duty to inform you that the house band at the Electic Kool-aid Acid Test was most certainly not the Experience. Roy - How do you handle the two...

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Thanks for copying all these over, but this one especially.