Awhile back, a friend in the UK asked that I tie him a few Endrick Spiders to fish his local waters. When he sent me the dressing, I told him that I called these "Pheasant Tail & Partridge" soft hackles.... but that the fly is tied with a wire underbody, especially under the thorax are...

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

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

Ray

Don't know how many of these I have left but drop me a PM and I'll mail you some of my old (heavilty hackled) soft hackles, ok?

Bob

Hook - size 14 Daiichi 1550 wet fly hooks
Thread / Body - Pearsall Primrose Silk
Thorax - Hare's Ear
Hackle - Grey hen hackle dyed to an olive color with turmeric

Did these awhile back:

Very nice work Bob. A few years ago, I ran across a couple Sharpes blanks and helped one of the soldiers from the Project Healing Waters group put them together. I was considerably impressed with the cane work, especially the flat to flat thickness tolerances, which would have been impressive from ...

Awhile back, Pearsall's Embroidery made a batch of silk that pretty much matched the 6b color. A friend on the Classic Rod Forum sent me a spool and it was on a plastic spool. I think that Pearsall's Embroidery even included the decals used on the "regular" Pearsall plastic spools.

Aaahhhh, whats your ADDRESS again???? Leave that backdoor open !! :lol: :lol: those are spectacular - Dana Dana Thanks for the nice compliment. If you ever get the chance to fish with a bamboo fly rod, do it! Years ago, I started assembling bamboo fly rods (I buy the rod blanks and then assemble, t...

RickA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:12 pm Double Drool!
I like the jig too.

Thanks guys... the home made "jig" for rod wrapping has served me well in the past 15+ years. Also have a small "extension" of only one "V" to do the tip sections.

I don't recall if I posted this previously, but if not, here goes:

The 7' and 8' blanks are assembled but wraps don't have enough coats of spar varnish - yet!