Collecting and Tying Classic Flies

Bousfield's Fancy

feeds@yuku.com (Ken M 44) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:53:49 GMT

For personal reasons I am trying to verify the dressing for the above fly - I have the dressing in John Roberts 'Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies' of 1995 and a reference to the fly in Richard Clapham's 'Trout Fishing on Hill Streams' from 1947 but know for certain that the fly actually dates from pre 1900 and is probably from Northern England / Scottish Borders area but have been unable to find any other reference to it.

Anyone with some old reference books...

Anyone able to identify who made a Bunyan Bug?

feeds@yuku.com (fishnbanjo) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:48:16 GMT

I am in the process of purchasing a Bunyan Bug, it's obviously an old tie but is not carded and was wondering if photos might establish its identity, thanks......

Material Test

feeds@yuku.com (roycestearns) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:51:04 GMT

The idea behind this thread is, we often hear of special material, some man made and some natural, that take on a surreal fish catching qualities. I guess I'm a bit of a "myth buster" junkie. I'm not saying any of them are bad, I'm just interested in how we got to where we did with these "unmatched" materials. I love bamboo, I like hand made reels, I prefer to tie and fish with the real feathers, hooks and even styles of flies that are out of vogue.
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Tom Loving's Gerbubble Bug

feeds@yuku.com (crcaddis) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:20:22 GMT

I've been re-reading John Alden Knight's "Black Bass" recently, and I've got the urge to tie some bass bugs...There are some color plates in the book that I intend to use as guidelines, but it would be helpful if I could see some photos of the actual bugs. I'm looking for pictures of John Alden Knight's Mystery Bug and a pictures of Tom Loving's Gerbubble bug. Any help appreciated.

Edmonds' & Lee's Olive Bloa

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:40 GMT

Broke out my copy of "Brook & River Trouting" by Edmonds & Lee and started tying a few more of their patterns, including the "Olive Bloa" which calls for "Hackled with an olive green feather from a Green Plover's neck." Now, I've never seen Green Plover , nor its neck, but from the hackle picture in B&RT, I thought that an olive dyed hen hackle might be a suitable substitute.

After dying a few gray / dun hackles to...

a call to vices from the cave; or a plea for help from da gnome

feeds@yuku.com (Gnome) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:16:30 GMT

I am looking for some help with the "Gnomes Travelling Rod Show" I would like to ad to the display and the way I would like to do it is this;

I am looking for Tiers who are willing to tie 2 to 4 flies for donation to the GTRS they will be shadow boxed and placed into the display with full credit to the donor in the story board.
What I am after is 3 to 6 patterns from the following time periods;

1800-1830, 1830-1850, 1850-1870, 1870-1900, 1900-1920,...

Black Magic Spiders

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:18:15 GMT

A year or so ago, our "Moderatus Britannicus" (Sir Ken) posted a note on a few dressings that used starling hackles.

In going through my "stock boxes" of flies, I noticed that I only had a couple of the "Black Magic Spiders" remaining. Remembering how effective they were for me on several occasions, I tied up a few more today (both weighted with wire - in the thorax area and without the wire). It's a great soft hackle to use and would suggest...

The Mayfry

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:58:09 GMT

This is my blue winged olive. It has no body: just a duck flank
tail-body-shuck all in one, plus a Zlon wing and dun-colored
parachute. I don't whip finish it.

After winding the hackle I spin the fly upside down, and then place
a micro-drop of ZapAGap at the base of the wing....wait 3-5 seconds
and then cut the tag tip of the hackle with a razor blade, while pulling
tight on the hackle tip. That snips off the excess hackle without damaging
any...

Pritt's "North Country Flies"

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:42:18 GMT

I'm going through T. E. Pritt's book "North Country Flies" and tying a few more of his old patterns, as closely as I can with my available materials.

Thus, I have a request, mainly to our European colleagues (or North American experts), as to suggested substitutes to use in lieu of Pritt's...

spider

feeds@yuku.com (roycestearns) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:07:21 GMT

I had the privilege of sitting in Darrel Martins "The Antique Angler" workshop at the national FFF conclave this year. If Darrel (author of "The Fly-Fishers Craft" "The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary" etc) continues to offer this class I would highly recommend it. This is a picture of a Stewart spider that we tied on a hook that we made in the workshop. Darrel demonstrated making a horse hair snood/line on dame J. 's line tool. We made several...

Fly wallets with removable felt pages?

feeds@yuku.com (creakycane) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:41:01 GMT

Anyone remember, or better yet know who makes, leather fly wallets for wets and streamers with the removable felt pages (Bill Hunter used to sell them). They has almost like 3 ring binger rings and a leather cover -- and extra pages to swtich pages in and out? I was hoping to at least get a photo so I could perhaps have one or two made if they are not still available....

Any info appreciated. Thanks.

Lego men tying a wooly bugger - video fun!

feeds@yuku.com (Brian Shaffer) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:09:14 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkUQshzp-3I

This is just great .. aint it ?? Show it to your buddies... its awesome.
MODS - is there a better place to move this ? Brian

One of Bob's flies

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:36:40 GMT

3 seconds at F-32: 105mm Macro with one extension ring.
The body detailing is still a bit washed out, but at least there
are some highlights and color on the hook now (rather than appearing
as stark black).

I'll try again.

dyeing polar bear

feeds@yuku.com (gt05254) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:30:49 GMT

I need to dye some polar bear orange. Anyone have a favorite method/mix/concoction/way to do it so as not to screw up a very treasured material?
Thanks, Gary T.

Bas Verschoor

feeds@yuku.com (Winglas) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:35:26 GMT

I have a set of 5 dry flies dressed by Bas Verschoor and I know very little about the gentleman. I believe that he is from Norway. Hoping that someone here might be able to provide more information.

Thank you in advance for your help,

Winglas

Where to Buy U.S. tied flies ?

feeds@yuku.com (Pete in Vermont) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:56:59 GMT

I really hate to pay $1.85 to $2.25 for flies that were tied in Argentina or Thailand or elsewhere overseas where the tier got 14-cents, if that. No matter what flyshop you walk into these days, chances are 98% that's what you'll get. I'd rather pay U.S. prices to a U.S. tyer even if the quality is equal.

Does anyone have recommendations for SOFT HACKLES, and Western rivers like the Yellowstone and Madison, tied by local people?

Thanks,

Identifying old or antique flies

feeds@yuku.com (newtobamboo2) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:07:01 GMT

Hi, one of my cool scores this week on fleebay is some old fly's and boxes. I am wondering were I can find out more about who made them and when. There are about 300-500 old drys. gorgeous tye's.

Al's Hair Hopper

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:18:14 GMT

Here's a new photo I made over the weekend. This one is an
Al's (Al Troth) Hair Hopper. I photographed this fly once before, but
I wanted a second shot at it. Rumor has it the red legs on this fly
were a special request from Tom Morgan. And then Al started tying
them all that way:

...I spent close to 7 hours Sunday, photographing an entire collection.
I didn't notice...

Garage sale find....

feeds@yuku.com (RonT1) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:18:06 GMT

Any help on I.D. greatly appreciated...

R

Any Oliver Edwards fans out there?

feeds@yuku.com (Snook65) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:17:24 GMT

I have a few of his DVD's and really enjoy his styles of tying and teaching. Just curious, anyone seen the "Oliver Edwards Streamer Fishing on Rivers" one? He has a crawfish pattern in there, shown only briefly, that is absolutely amazing. I'm guessing that's a private stock pattern, but if anyone out there has any hints, I'd be very appreciative.

Thanks Gents. Snook.