Wool Scud Bug Soft Hackle

[kacbo]

This fly speaks to me...

Very nice, Ray!

[Donald Nicolson]

Hank,
As can be seen, another product of Bonnie Scotland.
http://www.greatbritishyarns.co.uk/acat ... fAod5x4k2w

ps Great fly Ray.

[Smuggler]

That's quite the selection of wool.

[hankaye]

Donald, Howdy;

Thanks for the link. Great lookin' wools.
I'm thinkin' that the link Ray posted last night
was also Jameison's yarns, but some industrious
soul has measurd off 25 yard lengths and packaged them.
Like the difference between buyin' a dram at the pub as
opposed to the bottle to carry home from the liquerist...
Alwyas good to have 'back-up sources.

hank

[letumgo]

Thanks for the link Donald. I can see a number of other colors that would make nice fly bodies. Maybe you should find a Scottish lassie who likes to knit. (humor)

[Donald Nicolson]

Hank,
Chris Stewart is your best bet, he has done a lot of research looking for a
replacement for Chadwick's Killer Bug yarn.
Ray,
Traditionally, fishermen (pros) knitted their own ganseys.

[gingerdun]

Ray,

I love these, the flies and the photographs. Now I am really sorry that I was stuck back at my table and didn't get to spend some time with Chris and the other tiers. Obviously there was some productive exchange of info and materials going on.

Pete Hidy would have applauded all these experiments with yarn, which had become one of his favorite tying material sources in later years.

Beautiful.

Lance

[Kelly L.]

I love this type of fly. The multi color yarn looks fantastic. I bet this is gonna be a killer pattern.

[Donald Nicolson]

That's why the original was called the 'Killer Bug' Kelly
Here is Davie McPhail's version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt61pj90nU8

[CM_Stewart]

Ray, those are some really nice flies. One of the things I find so fascinating about the wool yarn bodies is how they change colors so much when they are wet - even more than the color change you get with silk.