Old Blue Dun

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nfrechet
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Old Blue Dun

Post by nfrechet » Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:50 am

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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
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
FlyFisherMann1955
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by FlyFisherMann1955 » Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:55 pm

Norm, Norm, Norm--you've done it again--magnificent!

Ken
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by Mike62 » Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:51 pm

Awesome tie as usual, Norm.
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by Partsman » Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:52 pm

Beautiful.
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by RickA » Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:10 pm

That's just WOW
Your tying skills are amazing.
Those would do some serious damage on my home waters...
Well done, Norm.
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by DOUGSDEN » Wed Feb 05, 2025 10:24 pm

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
Fish when you can, not when you should! Anything short of this is just a disaster.
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by Fishnkilts » Fri Feb 07, 2025 7:59 am

It's amazing! You truly are an inspiration.
FlyFisherMann1955
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by FlyFisherMann1955 » 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
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by nfrechet » Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:28 am

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
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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Re: Old Blue Dun

Post by nfrechet » Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:32 am

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
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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