Kelly L. wrote:Thanks Hank. Here is another one. I still don't have them the way I want them yet. I am not sure if I am getting the mole too full or what.

Kelly, I love it. Here's another shot of one of Pete Hidy's versions.

GingerDun

Using a photo by Thomas Ames, I have been experimenting with a new interpretation of March Brown. If you scroll the image, you can see two drafts, and the Ames photo. These are pretty roughly tied, as you can see, but I'm mainly trying to nail down the design right now. Once I decide on the material...

This is a welcome diversion. I didn't know about Lowrie. Many thanks to both you and Donald!

letumgo wrote:Superb! I think your really onto something with this dubbed tinsel technique. Brillant...

I agree. That touch-dubbed tinsel is a great idea.

Ginger

DD, Can't tell you anything about New Zealander Alan Pye. He and Leisenring probably were looking at the same sources. Leisenring's fly pattern notebook contains recipes copied from a number of important fly-tying books published in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including Pritt. Leis...

To illustrate my previous post, here is one of Pete's later flymphs, with the wild dubbing.

I don't have much of my own to offer to this excellent discussion of the flyfisher's eternal question. I did ask myself, however, what would Pete Hidy have to say? The following information contains some speculation, but it is based on having watched Pete's career over a lifetime, and upon examinati...

Hans, Very cool. And your photography is consistently flawless. Keep it up.

Ginger