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I should have said, that is Leisenring's March Brown, not just any old
Pheasant tail nymph.

Here is one I dressed a good few years ago, it looks better.

http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/_wp_generated/wp2c53697e_05_06.jpg Pheasant Tail Nymph Hook: #12 Veniard Light Nymph Silk: Pearsall hot orange. Tail: Three cock pheasant fibres. Rib: Fine gold wire. Body: Pheasant tail fibres. Thorax: Dark hare’s ear fur. Hackle: Partridge. http://donaldnicolson....

You beat me to it Mike.

Here are a couple of Skues books on the Archive.

Minor tactics of the chalk stream
http://www.archive.org/details/minortacticsofch00skue

Way of a Trout with a Fly
http://www.archive.org/details/wayoftro ... 00skuerich

The dubbing is Frankie McPhillips Traditional Irish Dubbing, bright green. This is the range http://www.troutcatchers.co.uk/acatalog/Frankie-McPhillips-Traditional-Irish-Dubbing-box-423.html It is sold by a lot of Material suppliers over here. I think I may have over-lit the fly. I shall try a few ...

McCaskie's Green Cat Hook: Partridge #12 North Country. Silk: Pearsall Hot Orange. Body: Green Irish dubbing, split thread. Hackle: Dark dun hen. http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/_wp_generated/wp39e74a3d_05_06.jpg March Brown Nymph Hook: #12 Veniard light nymph. Silk: Pearsall Hot Orange. Tail: 3 ...

A very good point Mike, it is a bit like describing colour to a blind man, or maybe exactly like describing colour to a blind man.

I think I'll try some orange and yellow bodies blackened with a pen.
From the look of your pictures above, the conventional ideas about fly colours
need revision.

That sounds very interesting Mike, Would trying an Orange Pen on a black background
be worth a try? You have given me a lot of food for thought.

An excellent dressing, there really is a lot of talent on this site. 10/10

I just went to Turton's list to have a look, and this is a very nice variant (?) of the
Purple Midge. I really like this recipe, that is not meant to denigrate the very fine
dressings by 'roadkill'.

This is an excellent string, the trouble is it keeps raising more questions in my mind. For instance, I recently acquired some fluorescent Orange Pearsall silk. I already have the other two Oranges 6A (also called Gold) and 19 Hot Orange. Just looking at the three different spools, the Fluorescent ...

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