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Updtate
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by Updtate » Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:52 pm
I spoke of this at the forum Google meeting tonight.
In Europe Errica Danica or the green drake/ May Fly turns into the Grey Drake (our coffin fly) female and the Black Drake Male. I got this information and the dressing from my Copy of the Vade Mecum of Fly Fishing for Trout by G.P.R. Pulman. First published in 1841. Mine is a the 3rd edition 1851.
Hook. Mustad sneck bend 4972 size 8.
Silk. White.
Body. White silk.
Tail. Widgeon.
Rib. Black horse hair.
Wing. Widgeon.
Hackle. Dun (mallard over covert feather
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Variant
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by Variant » Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:30 pm
Beautiful fly Tom!
Well done.
Lou
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by letumgo » Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:19 pm
What a striking pattern. Widgeon has such lovely barring. The black horse hair rib harmonies well with the widgeon.
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by Fishnkilts » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:04 am
That's a good looking fly. All the colors compliment each other very well.
How durable is the horse hair while tying? I would wonder it to be a tad brittle and break at times. Though I could be completely wrong.
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by Updtate » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:52 am
The horse hair wraps as though it were silk!
Tom.
