Thanks for the informative report Phil!

Here"s is everything you ever wanted to know about silk thread and more.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2017/03/h ... -silk.html

https://www.needlenthread.com/2007/07/e ... on-of.html

This is a brand of silk thread that might have potential. I've never seen it mentioned.

https://pipers-silks.com/buying-guide/s ... -restorers

This guy should know.

https://twitter.com/paulmorganbooks?lang=en

There is one fly that has a direct connection to Native Americans. It's an imitation of a native lure.

http://flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part2.php

Since I'm not a full year subscriber I couldn't download the article. I was able to add it to the Pocket app and now it is on all of my devices.

Darrel Martin wrote about a similar fly made with deer hair. He attributed it to the Cherokees. He even created a tool to cut the hide into a strip. More about the yallerhammer:

http://flyanglersonline.com/features/ol ... art206.php

The latest issue of FF&FT has a review of Whiting BBBB Greenwell hen capes. The reviewer writes that while there are some Greenwell fly size feathers; most of the other feathers are too large.

I wasn't aware of that album. When I was a senior in high school I bought Cohen's first album.