Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

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Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by joaniebo » Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:36 pm

Yeah, I know that Pritt's says a "sparse dubbing of Hare's ear" but the way I splash the water, I better use more than just a sparse dubbing or I'd end up with a Woodcock & Orange, eh?!
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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by Fishnkilts » Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:16 pm

joaniebo wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:36 pm Yeah, I know that Pritt's says a "sparse dubbing of Hare's ear" but the way I splash the water, I better use more than just a sparse dubbing or I'd end up with a Woodcock & Orange, eh?!
I have a question on the hackle. When using hackle that clumps together like on these flies, will the hackle still move as freely as they do when sparsely tied on?
I'm not saying I don't like the look of your flies, or that you should have used less hackle because I believe the tyer has the freedom to tie their flies the way they want to. And they do look nice.
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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by joaniebo » Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:48 am

Fishnkilts wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:16 pm
joaniebo wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:36 pm Yeah, I know that Pritt's says a "sparse dubbing of Hare's ear" but the way I splash the water, I better use more than just a sparse dubbing or I'd end up with a Woodcock & Orange, eh?!
I have a question on the hackle. When using hackle that clumps together like on these flies, will the hackle still move as freely as they do when sparsely tied on?
I'm not saying I don't like the look of your flies, or that you should have used less hackle because I believe the tyer has the freedom to tie their flies the way they want to. And they do look nice.
I've yet to see any problems with heavily hackled flies that I tie or fish. As I've often said, the way I splash the water when fishing, a sparce hackled fly would quickly become a no hackled fly.

Additionally, if a person looks at the dressings from the "Old Masters" of North Country flies from the early 1900s, it'll show that not only were the "Old Masters' Flies" heavily hackled but they also had very long hackles as compared to today's "sparsely hackled dressings."

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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by Theroe » Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:28 pm

Me personally, i’d like to tie them heavy. Once they get a few good chews, it thins out the hackle a little bit, like a haircut.....

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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by Fishnkilts » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:55 pm

ForumGhillie wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:02 am
Fishnkilts wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:16 pm
joaniebo wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:36 pm Yeah, I know that Pritt's says a "sparse dubbing of Hare's ear" but the way I splash the water, I better use more than just a sparse dubbing or I'd end up with a Woodcock & Orange, eh?!
I have a question on the hackle. When using hackle that clumps together like on these flies, will the hackle still move as freely as they do when sparsely tied on?
I'm not saying I don't like the look of your flies, or that you should have used less hackle because I believe the tyer has the freedom to tie their flies the way they want to. And they do look nice.
Fishnkits, tie one and do some experiments in a bowl, glass or something filled with water. I always tested new patterns and ideas in a plastic water container and then when I get on the stream.

IMHO, tied in that manner they do a good job of imitating a "winged" emerger (mayfly, stonefly, casddis) struggling in the surface film. I used a slightly different pattern tied like that with a heavy soft feather a few days ago, fished on the surface (cast upstream) it fooled a couple early season trout.

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Thanks John, I'll definitely try it.
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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by letumgo » Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:02 pm

What hook did you use for these? I want to copy these... ;)
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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by joaniebo » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:59 pm

letumgo wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:02 pm What hook did you use for these? I want to copy these... ;)
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Re: Pritt's #4 Little Winter Brown

Post by letumgo » Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:15 am

Thanks, ;) :D

Let the cloning begins! :twisted:
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