I became interested in tying with natural fibers and have tied some flies with milkweed seeds/wings, hemlock cones, etc.
BTW Cinnamon fern is widely distributed throughout the world including the continental US. When spring REALLY happens here, I'll have to forage for some.
from: http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/cinnfern/cinnamon2.htm
Cinnamon fern In the northeastern states, the fiddleheads are collected in the spring, and boiled like asparagus for eating.
Distribution:
Eastern Canada south to Florida Keys west to Texas north to Minnesota; Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies and eastern Asia.
William Bailey wrote:
I was really impressed with the Japanese website. One thing I particularly enjoyed was his use of cinnamon fern wool for dry flies. It's always interesting to me to learn from other cultures. Bill
This is the first of three pages of flies that are mentioned by Bill: <http://www.itow.com/amago/b-streams/flytying/tenkara.html>
The other pages are linked at the bottom of the page under Flies.
Wes
