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by redietz
Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:49 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Great Wet Fly Fishing Video
Replies: 6
Views: 2681

Great Wet Fly Fishing Video

I'm sure we're all familiar with Davie McPhail as a fly tyer, but here he takes us with a cast of wets:



No swing here.

"I ain't no Spiderman any more" -- ain't it the truth.
by redietz
Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:13 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Soft Hackled PT
Replies: 12
Views: 4718

Re: Soft Hackled PT

Terrestrial12 wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:04 am Just read a story of a guy who has fished nothing but this exact fly for years.
More than just "a guy" -- it was Yvon Chouinard, owner of Patagonia.
by redietz
Mon May 16, 2022 12:43 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Three Spiders
Replies: 26
Views: 6889

Re: Three Spiders

My hackle is a little bit too long. If you look at my avatar, it's Pritt's painting of a Dark Partridge (Partridge and Orange) from North Country Flies . Since it's a painting, not a photograph, he could have made the hackle any length he thought was correct. It's considerably longer than on those ...
by redietz
Tue May 03, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Different Techniques
Replies: 9
Views: 4410

Re: Different Techniques

tworod wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 9:41 pm I'm a fan of the three techniques I was taught eons ago; upstream, downstream and across.
:lol: Me too.
by redietz
Mon May 02, 2022 12:29 pm
Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
Topic: "Marryat - Prince of Fly Fishers" by Terry Lawton
Replies: 7
Views: 11873

Re: "Marryat - Prince of Fly Fishers" by Terry Lawton

The book is a great read. Marryat truly changed the history of fly fishing.
by redietz
Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:43 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Different Techniques
Replies: 9
Views: 4410

Re: Different Techniques

Here is the technique I used. It is probably old news, to all, but me. Still, give it a look. People have been fishing wets for thousands of years. It's hard to imagine there are any techniques that haven't been used before. I completely agree that it's often best to minimize cross current movement...
by redietz
Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:41 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Soft Hackle Ant (red legs)
Replies: 3
Views: 890

Re: Soft Hackle Ant (red legs)

Looks good!
by redietz
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:13 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple (John Kreft video tutorial)
Replies: 11
Views: 4673

Re: RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple (John Kreft video tutorial)

Thanks for posting that. I never thought of the crinkled Zelon as a wing. I'll definitely try it. I love mallard coverts for soft hackle. And mallard wings are still inexpensive. I fish soft hackles dry quite a bit, especially during spinner falls. It look like the fly he showed would work well for ...
by redietz
Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:39 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dark Hendrickson
Replies: 2
Views: 1115

Re: Dark Hendrickson

I use Mustad R50's for just about all wets anymore. I've used other perfect bend hooks in the past.

The dressing is the traditional one, pretty much as you figured. It's muskrat dubbing.

Steenrod just changed the hackle color on a Dark Cahill and called it by a new name.
by redietz
Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:09 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dark Hendrickson
Replies: 2
Views: 1115

Dark Hendrickson

I have no idea why the black thread show up as gray, but it does:
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Not only works during a Hendrickson hatch, but also for little brown stoneflies.

(And as a top dropper, it's good at keeping the didymo off the point.)