http://www.visionflyfishing.com/page.php?page_id=33&c=30&pid=106 Hello Jay, This is a link regarding rods. How about a 10'8'' #3, or an 11'1'' #4? I have not tried these myself, but an experienced friend tells me that the 10'#4 in this series would be my perfect spider rod. Myself, I will th...

Pat,
I'm a scholar of Hans - I'm teasing.

dd

Stefan, Nice technque; touch-dubbing with peacock! Not in this pattern, but yes I do at times - both touch-dub peacock and standard peacock dubbing into a 'noodle'. No joke, just a useful technique, especially when tying #30 Klinkhamer Specials :twisted: Cheers, Hans W Houston - we've got a problem...

Pat M wrote:From reading it again it looks as if the ribbon and peacock are twisted into a cord.

You mean my jokes ain't funny??

dd

Nice technque; touch-dubbing with peacock!

dd

Jim,

I really look forward to this. Please consider us mortals when making your priorities. I would hate to die before reading this!

dd

I hope that Donald Nicolson will arrive to the new forum soon. He has a lot to teach about silk. On his own site he has colour charts on both Pearsall, Gutermann and Seta Reale silk.
dd

In my earlier posting I wrote clear when meaning clean. I do believe the "cleanness" of the water to be of some significance to the materials capacity to hold bubbles. I wonder if the importance of bubbles is how they make the fly "swim", or if it is how the bubbles look. dd shou...

Thank you once again, Eric. Absolutely perfectly imperfect.
dd

This is a cut-and-paste job; recycling: Post subject: Re: Cul-de-Canard PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:44 pm Online Send private message E-mail Profile Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:49 am Posts: 138 Somewhat off topic, but anyway; you often see pictures of flies, using this or that material, with rema...