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tie2fish wrote:All wonderfully tied .... I especially like the hackle length, which is a little longer than much of what one sees these days.

I posted this some time ago but have recovered it for reference. Yep I know it is not too pretty any more.

This fly was tied in the eartly 1800's and you can see two interesting things (a) the length of the hackle (and I have other patterns from the same era where the hackle is longish) and (b) the amount of hackle used. Not your bog standard 2 turns hey.

Nice and fishy. Thanks for sharing your work.

Mark

fly_fischa, Howdy;

fly_fischa wrote:Oops,
Sorry sexyloops, I thought you were German when you mentioned angling in Germany with the flies.
Google translate is doing a pretty good job. I'm glad you are still going to comtribute more flies in future
I also use google translate when contributing to a Norwegian tying forum (I don't know a single word in Norwegian). I must admit it's a bit of a worry not knowing what google translate has decided to say. I figure at worst I'll be giving the guys a bit of a laugh.

See you around

I know what you mean, I've used it a few times while posting. I hit post then "duck and cover"

hank

Cool post. Sexy loops, those classics always get my attention, no matter how many times I ser them. These are spot on. Philip, that old fly would have been just the ticket this morning in PA. I fished the upper yellow beeches using a weighted hares ear to get the pair of softies down. The water was high and faster than usual so my point fly was a larger than average p & o with a wild thorax and bushier hackle than average. A Good reason to keep your earliest flies. That historic fly you posted would cause quite a commotion.
(took 3 average wild browns on a day that seemed pretty unlikely. I always feel like I have a great advantage with these types of flies in my box. )

W

Welcome sexyloops and your 3 amigos as well.

Very beautiful flies!!

Those are WONDERFUL flies.........VERY well tyed. FFWM.....your fly there is way cool. Looks like an Octopus, or a Squid on steroids. Way cool fly.....love to see it in the water.

Vicki, work on your diction..........it's Mericans.............Mericans. ...............

willowhead wrote:Those are WONDERFUL flies.........VERY well tyed. FFWM.....your fly there is way cool. Looks like an Octopus, or a Squid on steroids. Way cool fly.....love to see it in the water.

Vicki, work on your diction..........it's Mericans.............Mericans. ...............

Sorry Mark I'll try to do better. I was going to say Mericans but I was going to spell it more like this 'mericans. Sorry that is my British english Canadian upbringing. I'm sure I would have been corrected on my spelling. I'm also sure you've noticed my grave errors in spelling and have just been too much of a gentleman to mention it.

How would the translator spell it?


Vicki

"Now" we've spelled it the same..........you, just wrote it different...........i like your way better. you stand corrected.....

Thanks for the photo, Phil. Nice to see the historical reference.