Nice.
Flies don’t need to be show quality.
I think particularly for nymphs flymphs and soft hackles….
Shabbier the better..
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- Sun May 08, 2022 1:30 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Gettin' there!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2909
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 12:14 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Greenwells A Review by Des Walters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2474
Re: Greenwells A Review by DEs Walters
I’d say at a guess it’s privately published Ray.
- Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:20 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Discouraged
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6963
Re: Discouraged
The secret is the pinch where the quills are in between your thumb and forefinger on top of the hook. The thread goes around and down slightly in the pinch, then under the hook. When it’s all set, pull firmly up. That “should” get a nice wing with the quills flattened on top of each other creating t...
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:15 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1149
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:11 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Dolly Varden
- Replies: 2
- Views: 854
Dolly Varden
My brown quills are crappy. Bad workman blames his tools, but I can do better
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:09 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Becks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1262
Becks
A fly that has done well on evening hatches down here swung down and across onto rising fish…
Grey thread, CdL tail and hackle, fine flat opal rib, grey rabbit / Antron body and a Spur Winged Plover primary quill wing. Sizes 12 - 14
Grey thread, CdL tail and hackle, fine flat opal rib, grey rabbit / Antron body and a Spur Winged Plover primary quill wing. Sizes 12 - 14
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:06 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Speckled Jim
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1257
Speckled Jim
If you know your Blackadder, you’ll know the hackle…….
(You Americans probably won’t have a clue but the English amongst you should…)
Recently successful on evening hatches in size 14
(You Americans probably won’t have a clue but the English amongst you should…)
Recently successful on evening hatches in size 14
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Making Sense of Hooks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3710
Re: Making Sense of Hooks
Yes that is a useful book. Along with the two hackle books……..
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:22 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Hen capes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4839
Re: Hen capes
Damn that USPS postal ban to NZ!
I’d love that grizzly olive hen…. And the grizzly copper olive.
I’d love that grizzly olive hen…. And the grizzly copper olive.
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Crystalized Ginger (a sweet little soft hackle)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7303
Re: Crystalized Ginger (a sweet little soft hackle)
Nice! Embroidery thread is such an underrated material….