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by daringduffer
Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: no 8
Replies: 8
Views: 3285

Re: no 8

They came out very nice. Please report the opinion of the fish.
It would be nice to see a picture of an unwound hackle...

dd
by daringduffer
Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:06 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Tying style.
Replies: 15
Views: 7282

Re: Tying style.

For dd,
I don't often post winged wets, here, but here's a little pic for you!

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Mark[/quote]

Thank you, Mark. Very much appreciated!!

dd
by daringduffer
Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:47 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Tying style.
Replies: 15
Views: 7282

Re: Tying style.

This is what Roy Christie says on another forum: Flydressing is not about looks, it is about getting fish to eat a lump of steel as if it were edible, then ensuring there is no obstruction to his doing so. The most beautiful thing to my eye is a body of really scruffy hare's ear in the right mix of ...
by daringduffer
Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:34 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Tying style.
Replies: 15
Views: 7282

Re: Tying style.

Get yourself this book, it has a chapter dedicated to Roger Woolley. http://www.ffcl.com/product.php/334/angling-with-the-fly--flies---anglers-of-derbyshire-and-staffordshire/eec1881231fda7d880194c40c8144e6a This is a book that has tempted me for years. I have bought five new books lately, but not ...
by daringduffer
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:45 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Droitwitch.
Replies: 6
Views: 2858

Droitwitch.

by daringduffer
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:39 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Tying style.
Replies: 15
Views: 7282

Tying style.

We have touched upon this before, but anyway. I found this Woolley fly the other day http://www.flyforums.co.uk/fly-tying-forum/18450-roger-woolley-iron-blue.html and wanted to share it with you. It might have appeared here before, but we have plenty of room for this stuff. What I wanted to say is ...
by daringduffer
Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:14 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: George the Spider
Replies: 2
Views: 1622

Re: George the Spider

I enjoyed your flies very much. Some of them are extraordinary.

dd
by daringduffer
Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:42 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Sneck bend, anyone?
Replies: 0
Views: 2787

Sneck bend, anyone?

by daringduffer
Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:38 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: Itch Scratcher Soft Hackles
Replies: 51
Views: 35450

Re: Itch Scratcher Soft Hackles

dd - The hook point on the bottom fly (march brown) is the same. It is less evident, due to the angle of the fly and the lighting. These flies are tyed on Mustad Model 94842 TUE hooks. When I look at the hook in my hand, the barb does not look quite as aggressive. The red fly may be tyed on an olde...