Dave in Oregon: I would love to see a pic of one of the Dee flies you describe.... Is it possible? Thanks
Larry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/03 11:16AM >>> yah, Mark and Bob: I it is a bitch to rib these suckers three times! But there is a lot to be said for durability. I heard from a relidable source a while back that the original flies tied for the spey fly book (1889) were ribbed with the usual components (3) and the WOOL WAS TWISTED VERY TIGHT TO BOOT!) so the effect was one of tiny coils of wool wrapped forward. I currently tie Dee flies for searun cutts and always use schlappen or feather duster feathers and strip one side and tie in by the butt and wrap forward with a guinnee hackle throat. Very nice looking fly and effective as hell! (also on steelies) take a look at John Sheweys spey/dee book if posssible. I usually only rib twice: once normal and once counterwrapped. Usually the hackle needs to be separated using a stelleto. they are some work, but boy what nice flies! Dave in oregon On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:15:45 +0000 "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bob, what kind of hackle are you using? And are you folding your > hackle, > BEFORE you tye it in, or as you wrap? I always tye it in by the > tips, and > fold both before and as. But i have somewhat recently found out, > that for a > traditional spey fly, the hackle is tyed in by the butt in order to > get the > longest fibers to flow back the furthest. What i'd like to find out > is more > about the ribbing, and counter ribbing. Some of those flies look > like it > must of been a bitch to rib them. They'll have a rib of flat tinsel, > backed > up by twist, or oval tinsel, and then counter ribed with something > alltogether different. Man, that's a lot of having to get through > all those > fibers of hackle. Anyone here got experience with that? mark > > > >From: "Bob Haering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [VFB] Spey Hackle > >Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:11:33 -0500 > > > >Ok Guys I am having trouble with spey hackle. When I tye in by the > tips > >I am getting to many broken fibers. When I tye in by the base I do > not > >have that problem but I do not like how the fly looks. Ok DonO you > have > >a free shot here! > > > >BobH > > _________________________________________________________________ > Shop online for kidsAE toys by age group, price range, and toy > category at > MSN Shopping. No waiting for a clerk to help you! > http://shopping.msn.com > >
