John

I ordered them about a week ago from France and received 300 more 14s and 16s today

Bob

Some Golden Plover & Yellow silk spiders tied on the old Partridge size 14, L2A hooks.

Although I’ve had them for quite awhile, probably 10 -15 years, I kinda had them in a storage box that I seldom open. A couple days ago, I pulled out that hook storage box and took out some of the OLD Partridge Captain Hamilton L2A dry / wet fly hooks to dress a few Golden Plover hackled flies. I’ve...

My very favorite dressing to tie and fish.

The Black Magic is one of my favorite spidedrs to tie and fish. Many years ago, a friend in the UK sent me some info on North Country Spiders and the Black Magic was mentioned in the info. But in that info, the hackle used was from aa starling, which I have used ever since. I often (but not always) ...

Like Partridge, English Red Grouse as a hackle and various silk colors make many great dressings, including these from T. E. Pritt: 7. DARK MOOR-GAME, or ORANGE GROUSE, or FRECKLED DUN. HOOK – No. 0 WINGS – Hackled with a black and orange feather from the Red Grouse, the hen bird for preference. BOD...

NightWatchman

Do you have my address? Seriously, very nice fly. I'm gonna have to try to imitate it!

Bob

I’ve used YLI 100 silk threads on most of the 30+ bamboo fly rods that I’ve assembled in the past 20+ years. On only a few, have I used Pearsall Naples or another silk. With the demise of Gossamer, most of my flies are now done with YLI 100 silks.

Bob

NightWatchman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:07 am Thanks joaniebo.

That's the dubbing I used on these!

letumgo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:22 am Makes me start daydreaming of fishing... Nice job.

Out of curiosity, what did you use for the body sub? I’m always looking for options.

Ray

In the Old Masters that I've tied, I used either a light Canada goose herl or from a Blue Eared Pheasant.

Bob