I'm so old that maybe "I saw" the originals being tied! Actually, I've been hackling my dressings with more than the current preference of some people to do sparsely hackled dressings. I was very pleased to see in Rob Smith's North Country Spiders book pics of flies dressed by the "Ol...

Since I just posted a pic on my version of Pritt's Greensleeves dressing, I noticed that there was an old pic of Pritt's Grannon / Greentail in my files. (again, with my heavy hackles). From T.E. Pritt's book Yorkshire Trout Flies 33. GREENTAIL (Grannon Fly). HOOK – No. 1 WINGS – Hackled with a feat...

The way I slap the water when casting makes it necessary that I heavily hackle my dressings.

Thanks for the comments. Appreciate them.

John

Now I HAVE to go out and buy another material!

Bob

PS - I like that fly...NICE.

John

During one of those hatches, I once had hit after hit on a Partridge & Green soft hackle / spider.

Bob

I’m a sucker for the old threads on wooden spools. Refuse to toss out any empty spools. Wish I had more of the old Pearsall silks on wooden spools.

A guy in my TU Chapter says he ONLY fishes orange colored dry flies....I owe him a few Orange Otters!

Several years ago, put several peacock eyes on the dash of my car and left them in the sun for "several" weeks (in the middle of the summer). NADA, no color change. Some places dye the peacock herl a deep red / wine color as a sub for bronze but (to me) it just look the same.

Tied these quite a few years ago when I was able to find some strands of bronze colored peacock herl and then received a young starling skin from Cookshill. Hook: Daiichi 1550 - size 14 Thread: Black Danville 6/0 Body: Bronze Peacock Herl Rib: Gold Wire Hackle: reyish / brown feather from a young st...