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by PhilA
Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:51 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Pearsall's Gossamer Silk Colors – Wet and Dry
Replies: 40
Views: 99208

Pearsall's Gossamer Silk Colors – Wet and Dry

Ray, Stefan, and Mikael Modig posted here in 2011 a thoroughly excellent color chart of Pearsall's Gossamer silk threads (https://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1863). I've consulted it many times over the years but have often thought that a useful complement to the chart would be showing ...
by PhilA
Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:54 pm
Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
Topic: History writings on caddisflies
Replies: 4
Views: 4285

Re: History writings on caddisflies

John,
Rusty, whom we both know, wrote a column recently about how caddisflies were not given their deserved attention until recent decades. The piece includes some history of caddis imitations. Have a look at:
https://www.swtu.org/2019/02/08/lafonta ... rkle-pupa/

Phil
by PhilA
Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Greentail
Replies: 6
Views: 3041

Re: Greentail

John, The Greentail (a.k.a. Green Tail) goes waaaaay back, and an "accurate" dressing depends on who wrote the book. Yours is certainly recognizeable as as a Green Tail. The earliest Green Tail recipes were winged flies, but if you're wanting a wingless wet, Pritt's recipe copied above by ...
by PhilA
Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:39 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: Emma Variant (Gunnar Johnson Flympher Pattern)
Replies: 19
Views: 9790

Re: Emma Variant (Gunnar Johnson Flympher Pattern)

ForumGhillie wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:58 am Ray, these are Winger patches from Feather Emporium... I forgot I had these until I read this.
Ray and John,
That's it ... Winger Patches. Yesterday I searched Dave's web site for "winging patches", but found nothing. Looks like they are still available in lots of colors.
by PhilA
Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:34 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies
Replies: 28
Views: 15112

Re: Shuck wax and pre-dubbed bodies

If my 722 can't be brought back to life I guess I need some more. Great Feathers does not have any for sale. They seem to have less and less products for sale based on the size of their website about 5 years ago. Several different tying waxes, including 6-2-1, 7-2-1, and 7-2-2 formulas, are availab...
by PhilA
Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: Emma Variant (Gunnar Johnson Flympher Pattern)
Replies: 19
Views: 9790

Re: Emma Variant (Gunnar Johnson Flympher Pattern)

Dana - I was hoping you would chime in with the background on the hackle. Thank you. Do you know why they are called “Knee” hackle. Do these feathers come from the legs (thigh region) of the chickens? They are beautiful little soft hackle feathers. Very soft and webby, with nice dark barring. I thi...
by PhilA
Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Coch - y - Bondhu
Replies: 9
Views: 3271

Re: Coch - y - Bondhu

Beautiful! I especially like the medium C-y-B capes. Perhaps you could show us your range of furnace hen capes?

Phil
by PhilA
Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:27 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Green Caddis Soft Hackle
Replies: 26
Views: 10609

Re: Green Caddis Soft Hackle

Tie2fish - I appreciate your comment. You're correct--I watched a video where Hans Weilenmann did a demo of the split thread technique. Do you know if he originated that technique? Ken, After some digging... F.M. Halford described "fibre-hackles" in Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1...
by PhilA
Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:15 am
Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
Topic: Quote of the Day
Replies: 6
Views: 5826

Re: Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day... “ The memory of an old angler is rich with innumerable spoils and trophies of the past; it is vivid, detailed, exact. Something in the nature of the sport makes our angling memories more enduring than others. . . . Every observation he has ever made in fishing, however minute, ha...
by PhilA
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: New Cochybondu or Coch-y-bondu?
Replies: 15
Views: 6632

Re: New Cochybondu or Coch-y-bondu?

Dana,
That is a Coch-y-Beautiful cape!
Phil