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- Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Moorhen Skin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2460
Re: Moorhen Skin
IMO, the back feathers are way too dark to make a good waterhen bloa. They're nearly black, at least on the skin that I have. They make some interesting flies in their own right, but I would call anything tied them "bloa". I go through wings a lot faster than I've gone through my skin; I w...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:45 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: dubbing brush experiment
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6720
Re: dubbing brush experiment
Nice stuff, Ruard. It's also nice to see somebody fishing for non-salmonids with these flies.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:36 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Glassjet's Glory! ;)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4455
Re: Glassjet's Glory! ;)
Nice fly!
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:10 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: William's Favourite
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10729
Re: William's Favourite
I guess my point is that he, and presumedly not his father either, were from the North Country, so we can't extrapolate from his opinion to how things were usually done in, say, Yorkshire. For this fly in particular, however, I guess we can pretty much take his tying as the "correct" one. ...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:46 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Orange & Partridge (1800's) - Dark Watchet Follow up
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14678
Re: Orange & Partridge (1800's) - Dark Watchet Follow up
I certainly hope so.Roy wrote: Clothes pegs were certainly used, Andrew
Not like the clothes pegs we have today,
those were traditional pegs.
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: William's Favourite
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10729
Re: William's Favourite
Where was Williams from, though? The heavier hackle might a regional thing, rather than a time-period thing.
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:11 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: World traveler.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2930
Re: World traveler.....
I hope he has some good stories to tell when he returns.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:00 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stomach Flu
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4601
Re: Stomach Flu
Mark -
It's a perfect name. It looks kinda green around the gills.
And around the rest of fly, for that matter.
It's a perfect name. It looks kinda green around the gills.
And around the rest of fly, for that matter.
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:45 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Dark Watchett
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10641
Re: Dark Watchett
Philip - I agree that the originators would have used what's at hand. I suspect, though, that the thread they had lying about was even thicker than Pearsall's, not thinner. Also, since they were tying on blind hooks, they may have wanted a big build-up of thread at the head anyway, just to make a cl...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:13 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Dark Watchett
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10641
Re: Dark Watchett
Pritt recommended coot as a sub.letumgo wrote:Beautiful classic! It has been on my "To Tye" list for a while, but I (currently) lack a Jackdaw skin.