Hello Ed and others, thanx very much for "your" effort to assemble the page.
Others: If any questions are not answered by this page, feel free to drop me an e-mail. Tight lines and dry socks Sven Ostermann ----- Original Message ----- From: "seaa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: [VFB] Real Deer Hair Hackle > Recently I asked some questions about creating a hackle with deer hair. Hans > suggested that I contact Sven Ostermann directly. He not only answered my > questions but also sent 12 images of his deer hair hackle technique. I assembled > his photos and procedure into a web page that can be visited at: > > http://edEngelman.com/RDH/index.html > > What follows is the intro portion of that web page. If you have questions about > the web page you can contact me. If you have questions about the technique, feel > free to contact Sven. > > Enjoy! > Byard, what a great list this is! > Thank you again Sven, and Hans > > Ed Engelman > > ................................. > > One way to save money in fly tying is to avoid the use of expensive hackle. Most > of the dry flies that I tie, are tied without any > dry fly hackle. There are many no-hackle flies that will catch a wide variety of > species of fish including trout. There are also a > wide variety of foams that are now available from packaging and or craft stores > that can be used to create flies to imitate > mayflies, stoneflies, as well as terrestrials. In the past I have tied collars > of animal hair, bullet heads and the like. I was intrigued > by Sven Osterman's hackle created of deer hair. His Real Deer Hackle Flies > appear on a variety of web sites, but I could not > find directions as to just how he created these wonderful flies. After > contacting him and asking him many questions to which he > generously replied, I decided, with Sven's approval, to share those directions > with you. Enjoy creating flies with this technique. > >
