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by hankaye
Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: most productive soft hackle trout fly
Replies: 41
Views: 33256

Re: most productive soft hackle trout fly

Howdy All;

Found this for the Ellis Hatch Paupa Olive variation;



hank
by hankaye
Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: capercaillie hen for fly tying
Replies: 7
Views: 4482

Re: capercaillie hen for fly tying

Howdy All; Decided t do the google bit just to satisfy my curiosity as to just what the heck one of these birds looks like. Looks like you have a difficult time missing one that's for sure. https://www.google.com/search?q=capercaillie&oq=capercaillie&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61l3&sourceid=ch...
by hankaye
Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:12 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: New Pearsall's Silk Substitute
Replies: 18
Views: 9973

Re: New Pearsall's Silk Substitute

Roadkill, Howdy;

Where did ya find the Bobbins? Ebay?

hank
by hankaye
Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:57 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: GRHE
Replies: 25
Views: 19281

Re: GRHE

fly_fischa, Howdy; Truly enjoyed seeing your GRHE. Stunner. Ran into a problem with the recipe. Your use of the term "Hares fuard hair", caused me pause. So, I turned to Uncle Google, as we have been trained to do and found it to be nothing but simple Guard hairs. Which made perfect sense ...
by hankaye
Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Blue Winged Olive
Replies: 74
Views: 27414

Re: Blue Winged Olive

mamatried, Howdy;

Welcome aboard!! Don't forget to look back through the archives for other 'stuff',
and all the step-by-steps. lots of great things in there.

hank
by hankaye
Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Grouse and Flash
Replies: 26
Views: 11214

Re: Grouse and Flash

DOUGSDEN, Howdy;

Yup, good seeing a welcome name on a fresh post.
Welcome back Doug, ol' Bud.

hank
by hankaye
Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:19 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: which one where
Replies: 14
Views: 9625

Re: which one where

TZNorway, Howdy; Hi, what's the general approach to fishing a set of three NC spiders. Say the Partridge & Orange, Dark Watchet, Spring Black. All size 14. Which one would you put where on the cast, and why? Sorry off this has been asked before. Cheers, TZ It is easy to see you are looking for a...
by hankaye
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Ostrich and Primrose Kebari & Underwater Photos
Replies: 26
Views: 104316

Re: Ostrich and Primrose Kebari & Underwater Photos

ronr, Howdy; Now that we have you here, "intrigued by Kebari and Tenkara flies" Here's something similar yet different :twisted: Something from the Dolomite Region of Italy ; https://www.google.com/search?q=the+Italian+Valsesiana+patterns&oq=the+Italian+Valsesiana+patterns&aqs=chro...
by hankaye
Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:18 am
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Availability of Spider Materials Today
Replies: 40
Views: 27737

Re: Availability of Spider Materials Today

Howdy All;

Just surfing through the offered news articles by the Browser and came across this,
thoughts???
https://news.yahoo.com/would-killing-se ... 25148.html

hank
by hankaye
Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Dun and Dun
Replies: 12
Views: 6416

Re: Dun and Dun

raven4ns, Howdy; Dubbn, what size hooks can you tie on using the 4B hen feathers? I didn't buy any because the pictures I looked at all the feathers seemed really large for 14's and 16's, that is as small as I tie because of my vision. Thank you. The size of the hackle and having some that is to lon...