thanks for the suggestion joyce,
but this fly is to commemorate a tyer in my area who developed this fly, i am putting together some presentation boxes of flys that were created by some local tyers, there are several old time tyers in my town some passed away now that i would like to pay tribute to and i need to get as exact to the origanl pattern as i can , however the tyer of this fly i am trying to imitate used and old wool sweater that was issued to him in ww2. now i dont have the original sweater or the original hackle but i would like to get things close. so nothing will due for a wing except a single stiff feather , besides making the boxes, it would be nice catching a fish on a imitated fly and reflecting on some real great tyers in my area . so i guess in that sense i will be a purist
brad robinson
Joyce Westphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joyce Westphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A suggestion..if you are not a purist, modify the pattern..put in a hackle post of light tan or white foam, write on it with a brown/black marker so it looks like the end of a hackle and you will have a wonderful floating fly without having to worry about getting any more hackle. You can do the same thing with a bit of Phentex in tan or white or even Aunt Lydia's craft yarn..it works great, is easily seen, supports the parachute and the trout will not care.. Joyce
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