Yeh, he is supposed to, but Boris has always had a mind of his own... It was actually quite funny as his older companion - Caspar (now 13) floundered over to the scene of devastation, had a sniff and looked at Boris and sort of "grumpft" (as only older Cockers can do) at him in quite a dis...

Here tis. A couple of quick and dirty shots of mallard neck/head and some indiv. feathers. http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/matuku/f5cc478d.jpg http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/matuku/4db7cc2d.jpg You can see they are a lot different from what you have Hans. I would suggest you are rig...

I have used the Mallard scalp feathers you are initially thought those feathers were Hans and they are a little different. I'll post a pic later when I do a macro session.. The scalp and neck feathers of pheasants and a number of some other birds are quite useful.. as you no doubt know! For instance...

Almost as bad as calling Matuku style streamers "Matukas".

The whole world does it, but it's wrong!!!

try even just one less turn of the hackle..... may make all the difference to the look you are after.

Big terrstrial patterns yeh! Great fun to tie! I quite like the Turck's Turantula for a big hopper/cicada type terristrial pattern: http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/matuku/TurcksTurantula.jpg Or something big and foamy like: The Fat Albert http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/matuku/PB0900...

Nice to see others using rubber for hackles!!

I'll have to post pics of my NM (New Millienium) series Soft hackles ..... but a Pritt Pattern tied with rubber hackles just may not go down too well......

Barometric pressure also has a bit to do with movements of freshwater invertebrates triggering hatches etc as well..

Letumgo: Regular Fishing season is 01 October to 30 April. There a limited winter season on the Motueka for a few miles up from the sea. Not that a good time for fishing due to spawning etc but there are still some good hatches in later September and early May, plus a few S/Rs in the river. Thats ab...