Thank you all for the information. I'll have to try these. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] top 10 flies
> John- > > I got to watch Hans tie this pattern at the FFF > convention in Livingston this summer. It really is a > great pattern and very easy to tie. The cdc is tied in > by the tips at the bend or just a little forward of > there, (moisten the feather with water or spit and > smooth the barbules down toward the tip), then wind it > in touching turns up the shank. As you get closer to > the eye, some of the fibers will escape and look like > legs, the rest of it will look like a nicely dubbed > body. Tie off and trim, leaving room for the wing. > Even though the pattern name says elk hair, it's > actually deer hair, just tie it in like a regular EHC > wing. > > -John > Oregon > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Sweet! I'll give that a try. Its kind of a stupid > > question, but I assume > > the CDC is tied in loop style, right? > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/22/2002 12:22:48 AM > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: (bcc: John Roth-CPD/USA/MCCRK) > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] top 10 flies > > > > > > In a message dated 10/21/2002 11:22:09 PM Central > > Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > So more or less, you're palmering the hackle around > > the body, and then > > tying CDC on top of it, and then the elk hair on top > > of that? > > > > I've never heard of doing this before either. Kinda > > interesting! > > > > John > > > > > > You got it! > > > > > > > > Delbert (Del) Roberts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Belton, SC > > My little spot on the River of > > Life > > SC Department of Natural Resources > > Home Page > > Fly Fishing World.com Home > > Page > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ >
