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- Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:29 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: New member intro
- Replies: 57
- Views: 32412
Re: New member intro
Thanks for sharing. The Delaware Adams just jumped to the top of my fly tying list of dries. I think that will be a killer on the PA creeks I fish. The Rim Semblance 2 is also a stalwart in my CO box, but it works everywhere, whether fished deep 18” behind a split shot or greased in the film. My new...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:33 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Daiichi Hooks - New stock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5853
Re: Daiichi Hooks - New stock
One of my favorite lines in the Gierach “Good Flies” book is his back and forth between a fly shop owner:
“Who told you Mustad hooks fail?”
“The Tiemco rep.”
“Who told you Mustad hooks fail?”
“The Tiemco rep.”
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:05 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: New member intro
- Replies: 57
- Views: 32412
Re: New member intro
Well, now, as a newbie myself, having had the Soft Hackle Epiphany about 2 years ago, and who fishes the Frying Pan and Roaring Fork once a year, I gotta ask, what’s in the Colorado Six Pack?
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:25 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Tups Flymph
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7285
Re: Tups Flymph
Amazing tie. And in the PMD flymph category, I’d like to acquire from some kind soul here the ingredients for one batch of Valla’s Tups dubbing from his Catskills book. Seems that if you acquire the yarns separately you not only make quite an investment but also have several lifetimes’ supply. I am ...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:56 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Devil’s Advocate and Morus Silk
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9787
Re: Devil’s Advocate and Morus Silk
Reading the above, the issue with Morus seems to be primarily cost. If you drop that (momentarily) as a consideration is there any consensus that Morus is pretty close to Pearsall’s, or is there disagreement in whether even that is true? The “Cult of Pearsall’s” as the sole E&L decreed silk of c...
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:33 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Salars Nemesis
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2718
Re: Salars Nemesis
Excellent tie!
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:38 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6450
Re: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
Furnace, rusty dun (barred) and a silver badger (he was out of goldens)
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:37 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6450
Re: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
Three honey duns, light medium and dark and a ginger
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:33 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6450
Re: Blue Dun Hen Hackle
Hen necks and saddles from Charlie Collins:
Light, medium and dark barred dun
Light, medium and dark barred dun
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:14 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Is This............Pearsall's 6b (Sherry Spinner)?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13972
Re: Is This............Pearsall's 6b (Sherry Spinner)?
This one new from Morus silks.