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by Bazzer69
Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Grouse and Flash
Replies: 26
Views: 8323

Re: Grouse and Flash

Why not flat silver tinsel instead of Mylar? I think it would be better proportioned in a shorter shanked hook.
Just how I might tie it.
Barry
by Bazzer69
Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:36 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Old NZ wet. Otamita
Replies: 4
Views: 2733

Re: Old NZ wet. Otamita

Dana, I second that, a nice swap indeed. I don’t know about finding any Spur Winged Plover ( I never heard of it) but a swap could be along the lines of forgotten patterns.
Barry
Edit. I just looked it up, in the words of Monty Python “loverly plumage”
by Bazzer69
Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Water Cricket
Replies: 5
Views: 1667

Re: Water Cricket

Now that is nice fly!
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by Bazzer69
Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:33 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Dark Hendrickson Flymph
Replies: 13
Views: 4396

Re: Dark Hendrickson Flymph

A true flymph, thanks for posting a great pattern
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by Bazzer69
Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Fly appearance, physics and hydrodynamics
Replies: 11
Views: 51067

Re: Fly appearance, physics and hydrodynamics

Fly that dead drift show little or no moment with their hackles etc. But my observation on several fast moving water is that most of the aquatic insects that hatch In open water float to the surface very slowly with little or movement, I guess that’s why dead drifting a nymph pattern is so deadly. T...
by Bazzer69
Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Rena Caddis
Replies: 11
Views: 5590

Re: Rena Caddis

Sounds wonderful, a real challenge. Would you fish it with a cane rod? What weight?
Barry
by Bazzer69
Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:10 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: re: tying Stewart's black spider
Replies: 18
Views: 6423

Re: re: tying Stewart's black spider

Maybe my cocktail this evening was to strong.
Davie McPhail has a excellent Youtube video on tying The Black Spider.
by Bazzer69
Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: re: tying Stewart's black spider
Replies: 18
Views: 6423

Re: re: tying Stewart's black spider

Oliver Edwards has a Scandinavian accents? Jeez, its north county English. Maybe he should put up subtitles for those who already speak English.
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by Bazzer69
Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:29 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Antron
Replies: 7
Views: 4421

Re: Antron

I’m not sure if there is a totally clear available, I bought a lot of all available colors but the nearest thing to clear was white. It’s the Antron Tri-lobal which I obtained from bookmailet.com

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by Bazzer69
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Fuzzle Flymph
Replies: 15
Views: 4808

Re: Fuzzle Flymph

I found it under 2 different names. MFC has it as Micro Lucent Chenille and UTC has it as Micro Herl Chenille. Both are a crystal chenille about 2mm diameter. I found the MFC stuff at Galloup's Slide Inn and the UTC at Arrick's in W. Yellowstone. You just dub a good amount of dubbing right onto the...