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- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Leisenring for sale
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5877
Re: Leisenring for sale
Did some checking around in all the usual places. Prices are in the $60 to $90 range for a very good used copy. There are several over $100, with the highest I found to be a whopping $588.39. I admit that it's a very good book, but $588.39 good...not for me.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:57 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Polka
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1559
Re: Polka
Norm, you have way too much time on your hands.nfrechet wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:20 pm ree
just for you
https://youtu.be/FFlkX6CoVgs?feature=shared
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Epting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1245
Re: Epting
sometimes i burnish sometimes i dont lately ive been using "mulberry floss" and lays down pretty much flat as opposed to uni floss or danville floss https://www.etsy.com/listing/1608383546/30-spools-chinese-natural-mulberry-silk?click_key=08667055bb55bdfa2bf99bc90d8e2df210d956da%3A1608383...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Epting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1245
Re: Epting
Norm, your floss bodies are just unbelievable. Do you burnish them?
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Polka
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1559
Re: Polka
Beautiful fly, Norm, but now I keep hearing Lawrence Welk and his champagne music. A one and a two.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Greenwell Spiders
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3135
Re: Greenwell Spiders
I favor primrose Pearsall's Gossamer. Sometimes I wax it with dark cobbler's wax, sometimes I don't. Effective fly either way. I usually tie it on a size 14 1XS hook like a Daiichi 1640.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Greenwell Spiders
- Replies: 14
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
Nicely done, especially at size 18.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:37 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4663
Re: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)
Ron - Me too. :D ;) I found starling to be much more delicate than hen hackle. If I tried to muscle it around I would inadvertently break it off. Hen hackle is stronger, so it is a little more forgiving. Starling feathers have such delicate stems, they require a light touch. I had to switch to my l...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4663
Re: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)
Really nice, Ray. So, if the wing lays flat it's a hen wing and if it's on edge it's Glanhros? Brilliant dressing. Peacock and starling are two favorite materials. Every time I see that vise, I smile.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Pearsall's Gossamer Silk Colors – Wet and Dry
- Replies: 40
- Views: 103079