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- Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4737
Re: Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
John, So a hacker switched photos in my post? Methinks I know who the hackled hacker might be. Look familiar? https://i.imgur.com/OxOkJk7.jpg Dana, yes ... a collared-dove skin contains lots of useful feathers, even in the small sizes that I use most often. Feathers on the nape of the neck and shoul...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4737
Re: Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
my mind is on rooster hackle after talking with Dave R. several times today and again tonight. I am back in the must-have mode. John, Well in that case, you'll be needing some of Dave's cree rooster saddles and capes... Man, some soft hackle hacker took out your hackle photos and replaced it with y...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:15 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4737
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Reference Photos
https://i.imgur.com/AfLScYD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N4GdjiY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4BsX9as.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VwlLXHr.jpg The above full skin is about 12 inches long. The Eurasian Collared-Dove is not native to North America and not protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Thus, its skins ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: To "Make Buzz"
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4923
Re: To "Make Buzz"
John, Ken Cameron wrote an excellent article for The American Fly Fisher in 1979 about archaic fly fishing terms that are little used today. His paragraph on "Buzz": " Buzz : A fly "tied buzz" was often mentioned in nineteenth-century writing. In fly-fishing, it had one sens...
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:16 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Quail skins
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2414
Re: Quail skins
I believe those are Coturnix quail, named after the genus in which several related species are classified.
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Shakey Beeley / Shakey Bealy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5306
Re: Shakey Bealy
John,
I know that fly as a Shakey Beeley (not Bealy). My understanding is that it was developed by Nick Nicklas of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone.
From: http://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/shop/shakey_beeley
I know that fly as a Shakey Beeley (not Bealy). My understanding is that it was developed by Nick Nicklas of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone.
From: http://www.blue-ribbon-flies.com/shop/shakey_beeley
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:36 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10709
Re: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
Dave, I'm not enough of a trout to understand thoroughly what makes an artificial fly attractive. I'm often surprised how *unlike* the naturals some very effective artificials can be. My use of the Iron Blue during times of BWO emergences (spring and fall) comes from fishing experiences. I undoubted...
- Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:08 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10709
Re: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
I do not have a natural mole skin, nor Crimson thread. ... Maybe next season I can show you first hand some trophy size brown trout. John, Check your snail mail Thursday or Friday, and you'll have one. Just use any red thread. Do you have some soft white hackle, or should I send that too? Just don'...
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10709
Re: Picric Dyed Mole Skin
John, When your dubbing rake requests another job, Skues' Iron Blue Nymph is one of my absolute favorites. I use it anytime BWOs are likely to be about, and its appeal to Driftless area trout is uncanny. https://i.imgur.com/qIy7C0a.jpg Skues' recipe from The Way of a Trout With a Fly : Hook : No. 00...
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:08 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Snipe Skin and Wings - Reference Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4689
Re: Snipe Feathers
As is true with essentially all natural tying materials, I find considerable variation in snipe wings. Some are lighter; some are darker. Some are more brownish than dun; some are more dun then brown. Some are more mottled; some are less mottled. I have no idea whether the differences are due to age...