daringduffer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:07 pm

narcodog wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:39 am Recently I was on the hunt for a particular pin tail dick feather for tying a Joe's smelt.

I just had to open my fly and check but found no feather on my either, just some dubbing surrounding it. Sorry, I can be of no help to you.

dd

Ha!!! You “beat” me to it!!

Dana, I second that, a nice swap indeed. I don’t know about finding any Spur Winged Plover ( I never heard of it) but a swap could be along the lines of forgotten patterns. Barry Edit. I just looked it up, in the words of Monty Python “loverly plumage” Barry - I knew you were a Monty Python guy :lo...

How important is it to you as a fly tyer/fisherman to have the Tups dubbing be as close to the original as possible? Will it catch more fish? Is it a way to stay with tradition? I also used a Pink Squirrel nymph that is not even remotely tyed like the original. Yet, it was successful for me. I real...

letumgo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:37 am Gorgeous! You should join our swap.

Or you could just send me a dozen... (kidding)

+1


and you CAN send me a dozen....NOT Kidding

https://i.postimg.cc/cgWPPmvb/E45-C6-CF9-D960-4839-99-A3-6-AF46-B2-D299-A.jpg Early NZ: Otamita. Very cool looking little wet. Decades old and not seen much these day which sadly is a malady that many old wee wets suffer down here.. Bronze Mallard tail, black goose wing quill body, grouse hackle an...

After looking at the Shetland wool colors I have on hand I couldn't resist. Hook: Edgar Sealey and Sons, Pennel's Limerick, Size 10 Thread: Black Danville's 6/0 Tail: Fibers from English Red Grouse tail feather Body: Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift Wool, Grouse, color #235 Hackle: English Red Grouse ...

P_20191024_163131.jpg just to show the use of Honey Dun Hackle I tied the Honey Dun as per Rube Cross. Hook. Allcocks W170 size 14 Model Perfect. Thread. Pearsalls gossamer Ash #10 Wing. Wood duck. Tail. Honey Dun Rooster Spade feather. Body. Muskrat. Hackle. Classic Catskill Honey Dun. Tom. (Hope ...

Tom

Yet another post with an Allcocks hook - extra nice! Patterns such as this belong on vintage iron, no two ways about it.

Dana

joaniebo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:41 am Alternate Tup's Hackles.jpgFor lack of a better description, I bought these awhile back and thought that they might be good to use in Tup's soft hackle dressings.

Those are both beauties ......very hard to find those colors and quality now. Are the barbs thin and limber?

Two more favorites!