I'm sure we're all familiar with Davie McPhail as a fly tyer, but here he takes us with a cast of wets:
No swing here.
"I ain't no Spiderman any more" -- ain't it the truth.
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- Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:49 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Great Wet Fly Fishing Video
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3042
- Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Soft Hackled PT
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5210
Re: Soft Hackled PT
More than just "a guy" -- it was Yvon Chouinard, owner of Patagonia.Terrestrial12 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:04 am Just read a story of a guy who has fished nothing but this exact fly for years.
- Mon May 16, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Three Spiders
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7776
Re: Three Spiders
My hackle is a little bit too long. If you look at my avatar, it's Pritt's painting of a Dark Partridge (Partridge and Orange) from North Country Flies . Since it's a painting, not a photograph, he could have made the hackle any length he thought was correct. It's considerably longer than on those ...
- Tue May 03, 2022 12:05 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Different Techniques
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4898
- Mon May 02, 2022 12:29 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: "Marryat - Prince of Fly Fishers" by Terry Lawton
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12226
Re: "Marryat - Prince of Fly Fishers" by Terry Lawton
The book is a great read. Marryat truly changed the history of fly fishing.
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:43 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Different Techniques
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4898
Re: Different Techniques
Here is the technique I used. It is probably old news, to all, but me. Still, give it a look. People have been fishing wets for thousands of years. It's hard to imagine there are any techniques that haven't been used before. I completely agree that it's often best to minimize cross current movement...
- Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:41 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Soft Hackle Ant (red legs)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 935
Re: Soft Hackle Ant (red legs)
Looks good!
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:13 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple (John Kreft video tutorial)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5186
Re: RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple (John Kreft video tutorial)
Thanks for posting that. I never thought of the crinkled Zelon as a wing. I'll definitely try it. I love mallard coverts for soft hackle. And mallard wings are still inexpensive. I fish soft hackles dry quite a bit, especially during spinner falls. It look like the fly he showed would work well for ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:39 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Dark Hendrickson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1357
Re: Dark Hendrickson
I use Mustad R50's for just about all wets anymore. I've used other perfect bend hooks in the past.
The dressing is the traditional one, pretty much as you figured. It's muskrat dubbing.
Steenrod just changed the hackle color on a Dark Cahill and called it by a new name.
The dressing is the traditional one, pretty much as you figured. It's muskrat dubbing.
Steenrod just changed the hackle color on a Dark Cahill and called it by a new name.
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:09 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Dark Hendrickson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1357
Dark Hendrickson
I have no idea why the black thread show up as gray, but it does:
Not only works during a Hendrickson hatch, but also for little brown stoneflies.
(And as a top dropper, it's good at keeping the didymo off the point.)
Not only works during a Hendrickson hatch, but also for little brown stoneflies.
(And as a top dropper, it's good at keeping the didymo off the point.)