Cutcliffe.

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Cutcliffe.

Post by Updtate » Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:18 pm

From The Art of Trout Fishing in Rapid Streams by H.C. Cutcliffe published in 1836
#9 FOR THE month of March.

Hook. Daiichi 1550 size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls gossamer straw.
Body. Hares flask mixed with water rat. I subbed pine squirrel.
Rib. Yellow button hole twist.
Hackle. Rusty Dun cock leaning to a Brown list.
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Re: Cutcliffe.

Post by Variant » Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:59 pm

Well done Tom!
I really like the color of the hackle.

Lou
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Re: Cutcliffe.

Post by Roadkill » Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:28 pm

Buggy and should provide a lot of movement in rapid stream currents. 8-)
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Re: Cutcliffe.

Post by DOUGSDEN » Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:37 pm

Tom,
That is one delicious looking pattern! Magnificently done too!
Thanks for posting this beauty! Do some more!
Doug
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Re: Cutcliffe.

Post by letumgo » Sat Dec 24, 2022 6:45 am

I love seeing the old Cutcliffe patterns. Well done Tom. It will be a treat to fish this next spring.
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Re: Cutcliffe.

Post by DarrellP » Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:19 am

I have been looking at this for a while. I agree with every nice thing said. Beauty.
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