NAW. Mike. It's from one of the feathers
On 11/5/12 8:00 PM, Michael Bliss wrote:
Don,
I will expose my ignorance, what is a moose quill? Where is it on the
moose? Is it the mane?
Mike
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Don Ordes <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Pete,
I also tie mine with stiff moose quill tails- much more durable
and floatable than pheasant crest.
The kip wings take a lot of floatant and thus ride high and are
very visable on rough western rivers & waters. This is what Lee
Wulff had in mind.
DonO
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*From:* Peter Gramp <mailto:[email protected]>
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*Sent:* Monday, November 05, 2012 1:32 PM
*Subject:* [VFB] Royal Coachman Dry Fly's Wings - what are they?
So I have the day off and when I sat down at my vise to tie up
6 dozen Royal Coachmen dry flies in various sizes to restock
my nearly empty flyboxes, I thought I knew the pattern by
heart. Then I glanced over at the "Benchside Reference" and
on the cover is what looks to be a royal coachman with calf
tail wings... not with the duck quill slip wings that I
originally thought. I tried looking up the pattern on google
and in YouTube, but what I found was that about half of the
recipes and/or pictures said upright quill wings, and the
other half said calf tail upright. So I'm curious, what
should the wings be for this pattern? I'm sure that either
would work for catching trout, but I'm curious what the
original pattern called for. (the calf tail wings remind me
more of a Wulff than a Coachman, for what it is worth, but
what do I know) For such a famous pattern, you would think
that the recipe would be the same from one website source to
another, but that's not what I found.
Any help would be great!
-Pete
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