The best collected information on the different English/Scottish schools of trout fly dressing is to be found in Lawrie's English and Welsh Trout Flies and Scottish Trout Flies , and Taverner's Trout Fishing from all Angles and Fly Tying for Trout . Of course there is a lot of additional discussion ...

Eric, Looks just right for the White Miller and well tied! I have a list of flies that need replenishing after the carnage we brought down on the Firehole trout and this pattern is right up there. And at least now I have a use for those partridge neck and breast feathers............. FYI, there was ...

One can't have too many Partridge & Orange (or Partridge & Hare's Ear) in the Yellowstone country. Although I haven't tried the rayon floss bodied version I'm sure it will catch and probably very well. I tie both light and dark P&Os and sometimes the fish do show a preference. Going to d...

"Anyhow, I'll be bringing this dvd a long on the trip. I'm sure it'll start up some great conversations!" Eric, You're going to be in Montana and you want to watch DVDs??!! As good as Ollie's stuff is I can think of other things to do out there. Like fish 'till you drop........... Exactly...

Ruard, Very pretty flies, and thank you for posting them. I really love to see any old flies, especially North Country styles as they are relatively rare when compared to other styles of trout flies. What I find so interesting is that they are tied very close to the eye, much like flies to gut were ...

Personal tying techniques have much to do with how many wraps a tier uses to secure a material. The amount of pressure one uses can determine how much thread is needed to hold a material in place. I tend to push my thread to it's limits whether it's a strong synthetic or silk with far less tensile s...

I've been a fan of silk for much longer than I care to remember. I was taught to tie using silk and I'm glad to have had that background as learning to tie with silk, at least in my opinion, teaches invaluable lessons in thread handling, tension, and placing wraps. Early on, my focus was tying class...

I meant to cite Hewitt Wheatly, not Wade, for showing flies on eyed hooks. The book is Rod and Line I believe in 1849 but don't hold me to that as I'm sitting in an airport at the moment! The very best modern discussion of this subject is Tony Hayter's FM Halford and the Dry fly Revolution. Halford'...

Short answer: there was no clear delineation but it's use was excellarated by the advancement of dry fly techniques. I'm away from my resources this week. I do know that Wade (1840's) pictured flies on eyed hooks. The issue was more about tippet, gut, horsehair, than lack of understanding of the pri...

Fly Tying with Harold Howorth is one of many minor British fly dressing books that seem to belong to a sub-genre peculiar to the UK. I've been collecting these lesser known titles for years and whenever I think I've exhausted the pool, another pops up. Fortunately, they are usually quite inexpensiv...