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Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:41 pm
by upstatetrout
Found this in A Handbook of North Country Trout Flies by Roger Fogg and thought it was quite different.Have to admit it is quite striking to look at in hand.
Hook. Partridge Spider L3AS size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls purple#8
Wing. Two wing slips from opposite primary wing quills of a hen pheasant.
Tail.A few fibres from a speckled Partridge tail.
Body. Purple seal (can't believe I had some.) ribbed with gold wire.
Hackle. Feather from the back of a Partridge.
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Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:20 pm
by chase creek
Yes, it is quite striking. Very nicely tied, should be very popular with the fish.
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:46 pm
by Theroe
Nice, Tom.
I’ve noticed when I use purple thread, the pattern works very well during isonichia time on the Beaverkill / Delaware waters.
Dana
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:41 pm
by zen leecher
did you touch dub the body or is that just roughed up silk and what's the hackle -brown hun opposed to the gray hun feathers?
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:12 pm
by upstatetrout
John! Don't have an idea what you are talking about?
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:08 pm
by upstatetrout
NOPE!!!!
Tom
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:33 pm
by zen leecher
got the info on your facebook post. I guess I misread the body. I thought it was purple floss and didn't see it was purple seal. thanks.
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:43 am
by Bazzer69
Purple seal? Must be a Californian.
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:34 am
by Mike62
Purple cows are tasty. Brown cows are so ...pedestrian. Resist the urge to cut your beef until you see that wonderfully mottled Pearsall's purple/Peacock herl green glow appear on its flanks. Like the beautiful fly that Upstate has posted, your beef will come alive with a translucent purple sheen that sparks the epicurean desires of man and fish alike.
Re: Purple March Brown Spider
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:16 pm
by upstatetrout
That bug looks purple to me!!!! And! I am colorblind!!!
