On 12 Feb 2003 at 11:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am new to this list so here goes with a question. Has anyone tried > to tie flies in this style? I have been searching for recepies and > instruction on patterns and techniques but find that they are > difficult to come by since they are patented. I would like to try to > tie some and I guess I could give it a go via pictures but I was > wondering if anyone has ideas to share. My attempts to ask the company > fall on "deaf ears" (unanswered e-mails). They had no problem selling > me their hooks though.
*chuckle* I wonder why ;-) Hi Bill, Welcome to the list. As you know the Waterwisp is a patented design (US patent 5,353,545). When one applies for a patent one has to submit quite extensive documentation and images, more detailed than most tying books or articles... Take a peek at this: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html Feed in the patent number I gave earlier in this email, and then move to Images. More information than you'll ever want to know on the Waterwisp flies. Also, the Waterwisp design is quite similar to the upside down duns submitted to UK magazines by Roy Christie. The articles pre-date the patent application by some time. To quote Roy: "The Avon Special Emerger #1 was designed by me for the fussy little brownies on the Avon at Durnford in May 1983. The grayling just would not leave it alone. It was published in the February 1985 issue of Flydresser, the magazine of the Fly Dressers Guild." Roy's flies on my page: http://www.danica.com/flytier/rchristie/rchristie.htm Cheers, Hans
