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by Old Hat
Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Hidy Iron Blue Dun
Replies: 15
Views: 8160

Re: Hidy Iron Blue Dun

Variant wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:14 pm Great job, Carl!
That is what I call “Purposeful Tying”

Lou
I try my best. :D
by Old Hat
Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:29 am
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: The Wood Duck Minnow (Greg DeYoung pattern)
Replies: 11
Views: 79488

Re: The Wood Duck Minnow (Greg DeYoung pattern)

It's a great design that has been around in many forms as Bill shows. Love your variations Ray. I'm working on Salty Tenkara flies this winter and I had this one chosen to experiment with. I think I like the option with a tail. This way the fly retains some length when it's not actively being stripp...
by Old Hat
Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Hidy Iron Blue Dun
Replies: 15
Views: 8160

Re: Hidy Iron Blue Dun

Thanks gentlemen. I forgot to mention that I tied this with the open wraps in the thorax so that it rides the surface a bit more.
by Old Hat
Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:00 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Hidy Iron Blue Dun
Replies: 15
Views: 8160

Hidy Iron Blue Dun

Here is a nice Iron Blue Dun pattern given by Hidy. It is a little variation of his from what most of us are used to. This variation is found in Famous Flies and Their Originators, Overfield, 1972. I haven't tied one of these before. Definitely putting some in the box. Claret Silk Mole dubbing Dark ...
by Old Hat
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:54 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Purple Haze
Replies: 11
Views: 4572

Re: Purple Haze

Nice fly Bill. I did pretty well with simple soft hackled steelhead flies like this on the Wallowa. I had 3 patterns I tied. Caught a lot of trout as well while steelheading on these. #6-#8.
by Old Hat
Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Ephemera and Semperfli silk threads
Replies: 21
Views: 134648

Re: Ephemera and Semperfli silk threads

First off, welcome to the forum Bob. I'll give a few brief personal perspectives on each silk thread type commonly available. I have used all of them. Pearsall's is the gold standard of traditional wet fly tying and tradition plays a big role for many of us. A lot of us still have quite a bit of Pea...
by Old Hat
Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: New Section Name
Replies: 12
Views: 4139

New Section Name

:idea: I vote we just rename this section "Norm's Page". :idea:
by Old Hat
Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Partridge & Grouse Tups (steelhead pattern)
Replies: 9
Views: 3742

Re: Partridge & Grouse Tups (steelhead pattern)

Really nice Ray. I don't tie this steelhead style too much anymore, being in Florida. I sure enjoy looking at them. Love the grouse and Partridge combo.

Carl
by Old Hat
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:52 am
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Kimono!
Replies: 15
Views: 10259

Re: Kimono!

"In my opinion it I better than Pearsall's in every way. Smaller, more "silky", and you get way more of it."

:o :shock: Whew!, now I can breath. I just didn't want to be the first one to say it! :lol:

I agree with this statement.
by Old Hat
Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Snowshoe bodies
Replies: 5
Views: 6238

Re: Snowshoe bodies

It's like seal and other course fur and hair. You can do it but it looks fairly ragged. In order to get the right profile you have to dub quite a bit of the hair on a strand. I have used it for a White Miller emerging flymph on a well waxed primrose thread so that the thread is a light green, like y...