Rob,
Thanks for the info on the "Olive Willie". Tied some up and will let
you know what the results are. Thanks to the other gentlemen tht also
offered a reply.
Regards
Jack
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] "Olive Willie"
> On Tuesday 18 June 2002 09:01 pm, Jack and Roxanne wrote:
> > Hello List
> > Looking for flytiers in the state of Washington. A gentleman from
> > Seattle was catching fish on a on a lake here in Montana and he said
that
> > he was using an Olive Willie. Looking for a make up of the fly or better
> > yet, a picture.
> > Any tiers from the state of Washington know anything about this fly?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> An Olive willy was created by a guy in Swede's Fly shop as a fly to
represent
> damsel fly larve wandering about on the bottom of a lake.
>
> Check out http://www.swedesflyshop.com/favorite_flies.htm for images of
the
> fly. the same named fly is tied in several different ways but the most
recent
> version is the fatter one on the right.
>
> The trick to the fly is the laterally flattened thorax which is made by
> chenille that is spiraled on top of the hook to make an oval, which is
then
> overwrapped by the same chenille. (at least I think that's how he did it).
>
> If you want a sample of this fly, I can pick one up, and I could possibly
get
> him to write the pattern down....
>
> Rob
> --
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA
>
> On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it
said
> 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily
ever
> after.
>
>
