Larry, The fly on the right is the Pott fly, and it has a woven collar of what- I can't tell.
My fly on the left is a short-cut using the belly-weave, but not the hackle weaving. It also looks great using long dyed polar bear hair. DOnO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Sandy Mite fly- photo DonO: I got it to work for me. On the outside chance that it might work, I have forwarded the image itself, rather than the email, which might not open for you.......... Good luck with it. I love the horsetail body because you can control the colors quite easily. The wing (on the flies in the images) were apparently made by turning the horsetail (or squirrel tail )around and forcing them toward the bend, then tying them down. Some of the "mite" flies that I remember were made with a process that would weave the horsetail at the collar, and they would exit the woven collar facing back toward the bend. I never did learn how this was done. A lot of the older flyfishers in this area would use Sandy Mites almost exclusively, esp. on the small streams that flow from the Wasatch here in central Utah. Good luck. Larry Johnson Larry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/03/04 03:44PM >>> Rene, Lots of pop-ups, no photo. Asking me to enable cookies. No can do- junk-mail follows. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Zillmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Sandy Mite fly- photo try: http://rzillmann.tripod.com/flies/don.htm hope it works Best Rene Sorry for the adds, it's a free site. DonO wrote: I have a good photo here of the Sandy Mite that I have, alongside one I tied. Can someone post it for me and post the url? DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Marriner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Sandy Mite fly No Don, the material isn't about weaving hair hackles (regardless of the title), it's specifically about weaving the body. It's likely worth sending it all to you. cheers, Paul -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
