Somehow I missed this project, and I love it--as plates of materials for tying have long been an interest of mine. John, can you tell us more about how you are attaching the materials to the ground paper? How are you keeping feather flat? How are dubbings attached? And what sort of paper are you usi...

Fran's rusty orange possum isa mainstay for many of his patterns--not just the Ausable Wulff, but also the Ausable Caddis, and his Bomber--he also tied Mini Muddlers with it. Every year I'd go into the shop in Wilmington in the 1990s and 00s, I'd buy a couple of bags of dubbing--the shading varied, ...

This chart is new to me: Comes from another forum: https://www.flyfishing.co.uk/fly-tying-forum/476811-pearsalls-silk-alternative.html dd The UK forum didn't cite the source; it's from Edmonds and Lee, Brook and River Trouting. Here's a picture from the first (1916) edition, which was privately pri...

Phil - that is an excellent example of Mr. Grants work......I would really like to see a few more angled shots of that pattern Here's a different pattern but equally confounding--an Olive Creeper, from the topside and the bottomside. https://i.postimg.cc/6QgsBjbN/Grant-Olive-Creeper.jpg https://i.p...

bb, I have to see those flies sometime. Then we need to dissect one to learn how they were tied. A time-honored and proven tradition--learning to tie by untying, as Walt & Winnie did, and others too. But of course, we will do that, and join the crowd. Perhaps we should get a table at next sprin...

This is all Beatbutt's fault. I plead nolo contendere. However, I cannot take credit for the ties. I'd have to give it a lot more practice to get the body tapered like these: https://i.postimg.cc/23R3k80z/IMG-6392.jpg They are all tied with floss bodies--. Grant tied with nylon monofilament. Though...

flyfud1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:01 pm I just use YLI white silk and color with a waterproof marker to anything I want. YLI 100 is about 30% finer than Persall's but it seems stronger to me.

LOL--I just dip mine in the glass of Oloroso I am drinking--instant 6B!

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I was at the Sow Bug Roundup last week and stood over Shaners shoulder while he and Davy Wooton looked at John's book of materials. To say it was awe inspiring is an understatement. This sounds great! John, do you think you could share with us a few photos of your materials booK? I'd love to see ho...

Really nice story. Jack was the real thing--down to earth, scrappy, always making do. And doing things his own way. His catalogues are great documents in the history of fly design--. And his flies are totally consistent (reminds me of Ed Haas in a way). Here's a box of Sparrows Jack tied: https://i....

Theroe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:56 am
Very nice find, Joe !!
Where about did you find them?

Kenhooks in Sweden--but it was many years ago. You might email them to see if they have any left? As usual, I didn't buy enough--boo-hoo.

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