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Old Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:50 am
by nfrechet
Old Blue Dun
Hook - Wet or dry 12-16
Thread - Primrose
Tail - Two or three rusty-dun hackle fibers
Rib - One strand of silk buttonhole twist – Coats and Clark’s 72-A primrose, size D; or full twist, tightly twisted
Body - Muskrat dubbed on primrose Pearsall’s Gossamer Silk, wrapped so that some silk shows through the dubbing at the tail end
Hackle - Blue-dun hen
SOFT HACKLES, TIGHT LINES: Old Blue Dun
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:55 pm
by FlyFisherMann1955
Norm, Norm, Norm--you've done it again--magnificent!
Ken
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:51 pm
by Mike62
Awesome tie as usual, Norm.
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:52 pm
by Partsman
Beautiful.
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:10 pm
by RickA
That's just WOW
Your tying skills are amazing.
Those would do some serious damage on my home waters...
Well done, Norm.
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 10:24 pm
by DOUGSDEN
Norm,
I simply cannot believe how beautiful this pattern is and how well tied! It is five star good my friend! It shows the years of tying excellence brought about by countless hours of experience and practice and patience! Please, please, please, please, keep them coming!
Dougsden
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 7:59 am
by Fishnkilts
It's amazing! You truly are an inspiration.
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 7:14 pm
by FlyFisherMann1955
Norm,
Where are you buying the silk buttonhole twist – Coats and Clark’s 72-A primrose, size D?
Thanks- Ken
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:28 am
by nfrechet
FlyFisherMann1955 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 7:14 pm
Norm,
Where are you buying the silk buttonhole twist – Coats and Clark’s 72-A primrose, size D?
Thanks- Ken
i cheated
I used a strand of pale yellow mulberry silk floss
Re: Old Blue Dun
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:32 am
by nfrechet
DOUGSDEN wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 10:24 pm
Norm,
Please, please, please, please, keep them coming!
Dougsden
i would but its a crap shoot when it comes to logging in on this forum