Sunshine and the Dry Fly

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Mike62
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Re: Sunshine and the Dry Fly

Post by Mike62 » Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:21 am

While I'm not going to try and dissect Dunne's tying methodology, I'm completely unqualified, or even fish a lot of dries for that matter, I love how much passion he put into the book. The language he used to describe colors was wonderfully evocative. He describes a nameless Dun that didn't appear in the Halford series of flies in terms that literally make the bug jump off the page: "Every day, and all day long, these neglected insects were hatching out in hosts. They were all duns, sober looking duns, with almost colorless legs and setae, with wings varying from crinkled pewter to the tint of Sheffield plate worn thin, and with plain, monochromatic bodies varying from palest honey to darkest amber." -Dunne

Crinkled pewter and Sheffield plate worn thin? ...who writes like this anymore?

It was a great read and my only complaint is that it was too short, by far.
daringduffer
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Re: Sunshine and the Dry Fly

Post by daringduffer » Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:05 pm

We love poetry, don't we?

dd
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