John, So a hacker switched photos in my post? Methinks I know who the hackled hacker might be. Look familiar? https://i.imgur.com/OxOkJk7.jpg Dana, yes ... a collared-dove skin contains lots of useful feathers, even in the small sizes that I use most often. Feathers on the nape of the neck and shoul...

my mind is on rooster hackle after talking with Dave R. several times today and again tonight. I am back in the must-have mode. John, Well in that case, you'll be needing some of Dave's cree rooster saddles and capes... Man, some soft hackle hacker took out your hackle photos and replaced it with y...

https://i.imgur.com/AfLScYD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N4GdjiY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4BsX9as.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VwlLXHr.jpg The above full skin is about 12 inches long. The Eurasian Collared-Dove is not native to North America and not protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Thus, its skins ...

John, Ken Cameron wrote an excellent article for The American Fly Fisher in 1979 about archaic fly fishing terms that are little used today. His paragraph on "Buzz": " Buzz : A fly "tied buzz" was often mentioned in nineteenth-century writing. In fly-fishing, it had one sens...

I believe those are Coturnix quail, named after the genus in which several related species are classified.

John,
I know that fly as a Shakey Beeley (not Bealy). My understanding is that it was developed by Nick Nicklas of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone.

From: http://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/shop/shakey_beeley

Dave, I'm not enough of a trout to understand thoroughly what makes an artificial fly attractive. I'm often surprised how *unlike* the naturals some very effective artificials can be. My use of the Iron Blue during times of BWO emergences (spring and fall) comes from fishing experiences. I undoubted...

I do not have a natural mole skin, nor Crimson thread. ... Maybe next season I can show you first hand some trophy size brown trout. John, Check your snail mail Thursday or Friday, and you'll have one. Just use any red thread. Do you have some soft white hackle, or should I send that too? Just don'...

John, When your dubbing rake requests another job, Skues' Iron Blue Nymph is one of my absolute favorites. I use it anytime BWOs are likely to be about, and its appeal to Driftless area trout is uncanny. https://i.imgur.com/qIy7C0a.jpg Skues' recipe from The Way of a Trout With a Fly : Hook : No. 00...

As is true with essentially all natural tying materials, I find considerable variation in snipe wings. Some are lighter; some are darker. Some are more brownish than dun; some are more dun then brown. Some are more mottled; some are less mottled. I have no idea whether the differences are due to age...