Ray - that’s right up my alley......long body, soft hackle. Two thumbs up!

Dana

Very nice, per your usual, Carl!

Love that style, Ray !!!

Dana - You are an easy “Mark”. Is there any feathers you are not interested in? :lol: :D ;) Gorgeous feathers, by the way. ;) :mrgreen: Ha-NONE!! Since we all lust over all vintage items,I intend to share these with members of the forum who will be attending the symposium this year..Carl and Willia...

Last week, I happened by a certain fly shop; who's owner is a purveyor of historical fly fishing reels, bamboo rods, and ephemera. During the course of our conversation, he mentioned some feathers I "might" be interested in..........needless to say I was interested!!

The earliest diagram And text that I have found on this method of stripping quills is on pages 15 thru 18 in ROGER WOOLLEYS book Titled MODERN TROUT FLY DRESSING first published 1932. Woolley mentions using Goose,Swan and Condor. Also it seems this method was around much earlier.😃 Lou Thank you for...

FlyFisherMann1955 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 4:48 pm Did I find a spool of the Pearsall's Gossamer unicorn (Sherry Spinner 6b)?

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Thanks- Ken

Ken - YES YOU DO !! It looks perfect to me !!

Dana

upstatetrout wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:33 pm I learned this from Ralph Graves who told me Walt Dette showed him. Walt could have learned from Ted or vice versa . Who knows?

Tom

now that you mention it, I DO remember Ralph stripping duck quills in that manner - why I did NOT remember it before is beyond me.............

Nice fly John! Bearbutt's flies are indeed an inspiration. He could lead you down a slippery slope, however. True artists like him are hard to keep up with. With enough rain and flooded rivers though, you might wake up aspiring to this... A George Grant woven nymph... https://i.imgur.com/SrukjAe.jp...

the "stoker-of-all-things" bearbutt sent that photo my way as well......weaving is a whole other black hole to go down !

I returned my colleagues favor by sending him a picture of some of Ivans woven stones: