Thread - Bennicchi 12/0 Sand
Body - Sharptail Grouse Bastard feather. (I dont have Ruffed Grouse)
Collar - Grizzly Hen Hackle
I saw on another board where Mark (Softhackle) posted a recipe for his version of the Breadcrust. In his directions he used two grouse feathers. I wish I had. By the time I had wrapped my single feather to the head of the fly, the stem was huge. This made for a bulky, awkward looking head.
Over 25 years ago, the breadcrust was a very hot pattern in the Roaring Fork Valley here in Colorado. Where the flyshops would sell most fly patterns for .65 cents, the Breadcrust commanded upwards of $2.00. Ruffed Grouse was hard to come by, and the drawn out method of removing the pith from the stems of the tail feathers made tying the pattern a long drawn out process.
Being ultra lazy, I didnt spend much time trying to tie the Breadcrust. That changed when I saw Marks technique.
Here is a link to the way I was shown years ago of how to tie this pattern. Very drawnout process.
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox ... arentID=86
