Thanks Keith! I've planned to make a fly plate of the entire series. Martin
----- Original Message ----- From: "KEITH PASSANT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Europea > Martin I have the followwing dressing for the E12 > Hook : Up or Down eye 10 to 14 > Thread: Prewaxed yellow > Tail: Brown Cock hackle fibres > ody: Grey /Brown rabbit fur > Rib: Yellow thread > Wing: Bronze mallard > Hackle: Brown cock hackle > Head : Yellow > > Hope this helps > KP > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Westbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:45 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Europea > > > Hi Nick and Vagn, > Great link, thanks! My Norwegian is a little rusty, though. :-) > So what is says is that all Europeas (except E7 and E9) have a wing of grey > female duck breast feather? And what does "hale" mean? > The description of the E12 says something about the "hale" which has to do > with floating properties I think? > Cheers > Martin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:18 PM > Subject: SV: [VFB] Europea > > > Hi Vagn, > I would VERY much like to see those pictures. I mean, if the Europea that I > know of only came in 12th (last place)... the one that won the race must be > a real killer. ;o) > > My email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you very much! > /Nick > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr�n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] F�r > Vagn Hansen > Skickat: den 25 augusti 2004 18:49 > Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > �mne: RE: [VFB] Europea > > > Hi Nick and the rest of you, > > This is funny. I asked the exact same question 6 month ago on another > website. Nobody knew so I had to do a lot of investigation my self, I found > a guy I Norway that had a little booklet with all the Europea flies in it, > turned out that this booklet was Danish ?!?! I now have found the guy that > has made the booklet and have ordered it from him, but he is able to deliver > it until spring 2005. I have pictures off all the flies on my hard Drive, I > can e-mail them to you if you want them. The list of materials you can find > here : http://www.fiskesiden.net/fluehjornet/e12.htm (in Norwegian)> > The originator of the flies are : Andre Ragot, one of the 2 men who started > the Ragot Company in 1933 and as of 1991 is owned by Rapala Group. I even > wrote to a guy that works at the Ragot Company, but he didn't know the > patterns, he does now :-). > > > Vagn Hansen > www.vhdesign.dk > www.fly-fishing.dk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nicke Runarsson > Sent: 25. august 2004 13:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VFB] Europea > > If you are an angler living in Sweden and haven't heard of the fly > 'Europea-12'... then you simply aren't an angler (or simply don't live in > Sweden). > Well, that might have been a slight exaggeration, but it IS a popular fly > here... and very often the answer to the famous question "If you had to > chose only ONE?". > > But what about the other Europea patterns. Apparently there seems to be a > series of Europea flies. > > Anyone on the list who knows where they can be found? (Preferably on the > internet, of course.) > > /Nick > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > =====================Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet > Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar > op wordt gecontroleerd. > > ================================================================ > Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > > > >
