I saw in an earlier post the mention of Tup's wool. Well, here it is along with the original Tup's blend and a Tup's Indispensable of my tying.

Well, this is a thread that has spun off into several tangents! Just a couple comments: As to hooks, I am sorry that the style that Frank Sawyer used was never mentioned in any of his writing. A number of years ago I briefly corresponded with Nick Sawyer, Frank's son. One of the questions I had for ...

dd, I am away on a short business trip but slipped Nick Sawyer's A Guide to Sawyer Nymph Techniques and Frank Sawyer's Nymphing Secrets in my bag to read this evening. A quick scan of the first title turned up this: "....fine red-colored copper wire. The wire we use is little thicker than a hum...

There’s a reason that when pennies were in circulation they were referred to as “coppers”. Still don’t think the colour makes little or no difference. 😎 I fully agree with you on the wire issue, Bazz. Over the years I have tried many, many different wires including bright red and green and all have...

Yellow Pearsalls Box. Notice the lift tab to make it easier to remove the spools from the box. (Yes, it's a full box of 6b.......)

John - Do you know what length rod Ernie was fishing? It looks very long (10 footer?) Ray, I remember that rod well. It was a T&T Paradigm 8' 5 weight Bamboo. Ernie was poster boy for T&T at the time and Barry Beck was doing a photoshoot. One of the photos ended up on the cover of Fly Fishe...

No John, it's Ernest Schwiebert. I did meet Goddard several times but never had the opportunity to fish with him. However a very good female friend of mine knew John very well and had boxes of his flies. The largest dry fly trout that I ever saw come out of the Upper Madison (YNP) ate her Goddard Ca...

Wasn't Earnie known for his Bavarian hat also!

I've seen very few photos of him hatless over the years.

Someone's got to say it, Ray, in case there are any illusions.
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And here's his hat!

John - Is the hat considered a river keepers hat, or a ghillie hat? Either way, I love the style and look. [/quote] It was called a "British Fishing Helmet" of all things. Similar to a Deerstalker but not exactly the same. Orvis sold them way back. It was the best fishing hat I've ever own...

Here's one of me casting in 1986 on De Puy's Spring Creek, fishing a PT nymph upstream. Whatever happened to that handsome young guy?