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Starling & Olive
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:13 am
by nfrechet
Starling & Olive
Hook - Mustad S80AP (3906)
Thread - Olive
Ribbing - Gold or silver wire
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Black dubbing
Hackle - Starling
From a YouTube video
Re: Starling & Olive
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:15 pm
by letumgo
This was one of the patterns Mark Libertone demonstrated to me many years ago. I was immediately hooked on soft hackles.
Simple, yet elegant dressing. Nicely done Norman.
Re: Starling & Olive
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:39 pm
by Mike62
This one pattern; this one, is all I need to fish virtually any northern Maine water. So well done, Norm. I am never without a handful of these, ever.
(of course yours look better than mine...)
Re: Starling & Olive
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:00 pm
by Ron Eagle Elk
Mike62 wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:39 pm
This one pattern;
this one, is all I need to fish virtually any northern Maine water. So well done, Norm. I am never without a handful of these,
ever.
(of course yours look better than mine...)
They work equally well in the waters of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. I always have at least one row in my day box filled with these very flies.
Alas, like Mike, mine don't look nearly as good as Norm's.