Ten Different Schools Swap

[zen leecher]

Bill (zen leecher) - Thank you for posting the details of you research. Very helpful. As I read your pattern description, I was reminded that I have a kit muskrat skin which may be useful for this swap.

Bill (tie2fish) - I received you set of swap flies in this afternoons mail. Gorgeous flies. You set a VERY high standard.

Others - there are still a few openings in the swap, and plenty of time to join in. Beginners and experts are both welcome. Come on, it'll be fun!!!

Once the research is done the pattern is so easy to tie even a caveman could do it.

[William Anderson]

The flies even look somewhat like the Yorkshire style fly in the picture after I was done.

That's always promising. Bill, Thanks for sharing your research. I've had the same question about having to alter a piece of pale yellow silk to get it to an olive tone, when a number of olive, tan and grayish silks are available. I'll admit, the resulting tone from using cobblers wax over #3 is unique and when wet the light olive or ash silks are a different shade from the waxed #3, but I've wondered where this came from. Was it initially done by necessary without documentation/literature and subsequent lit follows the precedent? dunno.

[Ruard]

Hi Ray,

Please count me in. Just back from Denmark.

Greeting


Ruard

[letumgo]

Ruard - You are on the list! Glad you will participate in the swap.

[Old Hat]

Yeah! welcome Ruard.

[cicvara]

If I can do it. Clyde style.

[Ruard]

Don't know why Iron Blue got into my head. Thanks for clarifying John.

Also, thanks for the tips on reference materials, that will come quite in handy.

I found a series of articles online by David Westwood. http://www.aflyinholland.nl/content/spi ... el%201.htm

Mostly on Tweed and North Country. Still, worth skimming.

Thank you for mentioning my site and the articles of David Westwood.

I just ordered the book Anglers book of the Clyde by James Milne. I already have the book of Reid about the Clyde so I am thinking of tying the Blue Dun in Clyde style.

Greeting

Ruard

[Ruard]

Thank you for your positive comments, W. The posted recipe is a minor variation on one I found back a few years on the website of the Gwent Angling Society. For what it's worth, the photo that accompanied that older article showed a fly with decidedly more hackle than the one currently being shown, which looks pretty skimpy to me. Also please note that fellow member Hans W. has published a video of his tying of this pattern that can accessed by either Googling "Usk Naylor fly" or from his Danica website.

Hi Bill,

Nice fly end Ty !! Here is some further information about this fly:

One fly, however, grabbed my attention – the legendary but reclusive Usk Naylor. This pattern has been misnamed and misdressed for so long that to see the real fly was a revelation. It was invented by a Mr P. Naylor of Worcester Cottage, Llangynidr. Worcester Cottage was the old Duke of Beaufort’s fishing lodge on the Usk, and the fly was first tied in the 1950s by Gordon Price, then gillie on the beat. It has a great reputation as an early-season fly.

You can find it on: http://www.glanuskestate.com/wp-content ... /TSUSK.pdf

It is now also clear that the name is: Usk Naylor


Here is my version of the Usk Naulor: http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... lor#p32823

greeting

Ruard

[Smuggler]

You're welcome Ruard

Ray, I knocked my flies out tonight. They will be en route this week.

[Smuggler]