There is a varient of the Jock Scott flat wing style on one of the bullentin boards Old Flies & Innovations, on the websight I previously sent you. It was converted by John Kelsey. He has converted and created some beautiful flat wing flies. The article you saw in your summer issue is a tier here in Rhode Island. The cover fly is Stripermoon.
Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monte Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Flatwing Style Flies > Hi John, > > I tie a version using black and purple (dyed grizzly) saddle hackles > that I use as a leech. Fooled a lot of Kamloops trout on my BC lake > trip last year. > > Monte > > John Martinez wrote: > > > Hi All- > > > > Was just reading the Dec issue of Fly Fisherman. They > > have an article on flatwing flies which led me to dig > > around in the tying room and retrieve a back issue of > > Fly Tying from last summer which also had an article > > on the same thing. > > > > I have a couple of questions just out of curiosity, > > first of all, has anyone tied some of these up and > > tried them out in the salt and second has anyone tied > > them up and tried them out in freshwater? Reason I ask > > is I'm kind of intrigued by the notion of trying to > > adapt this style and trying it out on steelhead. Just > > wondered if anyone else on the list has adapted this > > pattern for other than saltwater species. > >
