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Post by **DOUGSDEN** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:15 pm

MIKE,
WOW! WAY COOL! I APPRECIATE YOU POSTING THIS!
DOUGSDEN

codye · Post by **codye** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:35 pm

These exact pages are in a book I have titled: The Origins of Angling author: John McDonald copyright: 1957,1963

Post by **letumgo** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:00 pm

Thanks Mike! Another great submission. I had never seen these illustrations before and enjoyed studying each fly. All of the flies have a great scruffy-buggy quality to them. Lovely!

Post by **Ron Eagle Elk** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:07 pm

Mike,

Any idea what "wings of a bosarde" refers to? Perhaps buzzard?

REE

codye · Post by **codye** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:58 am

Mike, was in no way trying to bust on ya... just wanted to share that info incase anyone wanted to look for that book, or check if their local library had a copy to check out.

The book is real neat, and a great read. There's a section right before those fly plates that describes the materials used and a little about each of them (including talking about 'buzzard'). It also prints the Treatise with a nice transcribed version next to it so you can follow along and read it more easily.

Post by **Ron Eagle Elk** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:34 pm

Thanks, Mike. I was lamenting the loss of those fine pictures and dressings to the cyberworld where I would probably never find them again. Appreciate the link and information.

REE

Post by **redietz** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:01 am

Ron Eagle Elk wrote:Mike,

Any idea what "wings of a bosarde" refers to? Perhaps buzzard?

REE

Yes, but "buzzard" in the European sense (a type of hawk*) , not the American sense (a vulture).

* it's actually a buteo, which are hawks in the US (red tails are buteos) but which I seem to recall aren't considered hawks in Europe, because they're useless for falconry.

Post by **wsbailey** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:40 am

Has anyone read this one?

http://www.ffcl.com/product.php/20/dame ... -mysteries

Bill

Post by **wsbailey** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:05 am

!n case anyone is interested:

http://www.ilab.org/db/book843_15240.html

Post by **wsbailey** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:27 pm

I have been reading "Dame Juliana" by Buller and Falkus. Over the centuries there has been a lively debate on which insect is represented by each fly. For the Tandy Fly there are several choices:

J W Hill Mayfly
GEM Skues Oak fly
E Taverner Greendrake
J Heddon Summer Mayfly
M Greenhalgh Sedge

Here is a picture of the some wool dyed according to the directions in the Treatyse to dye tawny on a fish line. The color is pale orange.

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