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- Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:29 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Hamilton's CDC skunk flymph, my way
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5343
Re: Hamilton's CDC skunk flymph, my way
Nice fly. I have both a black and white and a red skunk hide there's lots of usable material on them.
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:39 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Availability of Spider Materials Today
- Replies: 40
- Views: 22580
Re: Availability of Spider Materials Today
I was at the Sow Bug Roundup last week and stood over Shaners shoulder while he and Davy Wooton looked at John's book of materials. To say it was awe inspiring is an understatement. As many of you I have scoured the net for materials and been lucky in some finds but I also have found as John has elu...
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:14 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Leisenrings July Dun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3574
Re: Leisenrings July Dun
If you looking for seal fur Dette Flies has some awesome stuff, all legal.chase creek wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:38 pm Very nice body! (I think I got slapped the last time I said that. ) Now I have to order some Seal dubbing,
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Lucky day...Is it a Mink or a Weasel?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8164
Re: Lucky day...Is it a Mink or a Weasel?
Mink great dubbing and the guard hair for the tail makes good tailing material.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:16 am
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Sunshine and the Dry Fly
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12965
Re: Sunshine and the Dry Fly
https://i.postimg.cc/3Rj0RfRS/P-20190228-070024.jpg nearest american express office In my own copy a previous owner has posted a clipping dealing with Dunne's hackles and Pearsalls tying threads.It is interesting as Dunne used Cellulite (machine made thread) coated with a special oil over hook Shan...
- Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:02 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Sunshine and the Dry Fly
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12965
Sunshine and the Dry Fly
Today O received a copy of Sunshine and the Dry Fly. As I was paging through the book I noticed a passage on not waxing silk as it diminishes the translucency of the silk. Also there was a section fly patterns that contain a list of materials that I'm not familiar with and there seems to be no list ...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:54 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Tups Indispensable
- Replies: 75
- Views: 199691
Re: Tups Indispensable
Thanks for bringing this back Bill. I have some Ram's wool but it's more white than yellow as shown. Saying that when shared from the ram, what I have seen is urine stained and just down right nasty. Once washed it does not not have the yellow tint as is shown. Just sayin.
- Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:00 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Partridge and Blue. Mole colour effect
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9696
Re: Partridge and Blue. Mole colour effect
blue is also one of my favorite colors. Whenever I find something dyed blue I buy it, even synthetic.
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:32 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Upstream Wet Fly
- Replies: 90
- Views: 133880
Re: Upstream Wet Fly
There is so much going on in this thread and almost all of it is awesome. I have a couple points of contention however. First, the obnoxious clacking of a Hardy reel is just noise pollution for everyone else on the stream, like loud motorcycles in a neighborhood, or cigarettes in a restaurant. And ...
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 9:54 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Hendrickson soft hackle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10914
Re: Hendrickson soft hackle
I think I would use 6B silk and gray partridge.