Re: [VFB] A flytyer's trip to Portland

[mark romero]

Jim, if Byard doesn't have (and or can't get) the dyed herl, Mike Hogue 
does.......he he he. mark.....

From: "J&A Burbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: Re: [VFB] A flytyer's trip to Portland
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:59:04 -0800
Wes,
 You were in Portland and didn't tell me??? Glad you made it to river city
fly shop, that place is the best flyshop in the Portland area and I've been
to all of them. I haven't been in since Don moved the shop, last time I was
by there I was 1 hour too early to get in.
Nice little shopping report and I'll have to check out some of the herl or
maybe try dying some myself.
See you around
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Wada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: [VFB] A flytyer's trip to Portland
> Hi VFB,
>
> Will take a stab at getting back onto the list.  My ISP still is
> blocking email from the VFB server, and the only way I can participate
> with any assurance of success is to use a web-based email account for
> receiving the mail.
>
> Feels kind of like doing ice sculpture with a screwdriver, but whatza
> guy to do?
>
> Back from a recent trip to Portland, Oregon, and made a special effort
> to visit a couple of flyshops, one of which I had never seen.  The
> first was Kaufmann's Streamborn located in the town of Tigard.  It was
> nice, but smaller than I remember it being on last visit.  Then I
> visited the River City flyshop in Beavertown (just west of Portland).
>
> This place has been talked up a lot on the Oregon flyfishing board, so
> I had to do a look-see.  Wow. More tying stuff than I have ever seen in
> one place in my whole life.  Walls and walls stacked floor to ceiling
> five inches deep with packages of familiar and very unfamiliar
> materials.  My meager wallet was beginning to glow white-hot.
>
> I have been particularly interested in dyed pheasant rump, dyed peacock
> herl and sword, and this place had all the colors.  If you have never
> laid eyes on orange dyed peacock herl and sword, make an effort to get
> some.  This stuff is very buggy/fishy looking.  The dyed peacock is
> available in red, purple, orange, and bright green (your basic high
> wattage peacock).  These are distributed by Wapsi.
>
> Some of the most interesting materials I have seen in the past have
> come from Raymond Rumpf and Sons.  This company has been around for 30
> years but only deals with retailers, and their coverage is woefully
> limited, at least out here in the mountain West.  Their fluorescent
> dyed products are incredibly 'hot', some of the most knowledgeable
> dyeing I have seen anywhere.
>
> My find from Rumph at the River City flyshop was a soft Antron sparkle
> fiber product called Canadian Brown.  It is the perfect sparkle
> material to use in combination with Canadian Brown mohair yarn.
>
> Canadian Brown is legendary in the Pacific Northwest (wish I knew more
> about its background).  This is a yarn that has five different colors:
> a bronze brown, soft yellow, green, red- violet, and black.  Seen from
> a distance, the yarn is a rusty brown.  What the fish see is all those
> above colors.  And the combination is a proven fish catcher often used
> in leech patterns.
>
> Having a matching Antron flash product is heaven sent, and this is the
> only package of the stuff I have ever seen.  *worried look*.
> So #1, if anybody knows additional sources of Rumpf materials, please
> send word.
>
> The Canadian Brown Mohair yarn has been marketed for years by a guy in
> Utah, but he isn't into too many flyshops.  The only place online I
> have found the material is at www.flydesk.com  (click on fly tying
> materials, then 'yarn')  The item is Canadian Brown  Mohair at $1.98
> per 2 yds.  (Canadian Series Mohair - brown, is NOT the same yarn, go
> figure...)
>
> The best way to use it is to cut a five inch strand, then remove the
> three core threads from the yarn.  Use carding brushes or pet slickers
> to separate and soften the yarn.  Then spin these into a uniform
> dubbing loop.  The results are much better than trying to use the yarn
> itself.
>
> Is the effort to get this stuff worth it?  Last season in June I caught
> two large eastern brook trout in a high Cascade lake with a Canadian
> Brown pattern.  One brookie was 19-1/2" and the other 17-1/2" and both
> were built like Governor Arnold.
>
> Biguns for these waters,  and amazingly the lunkers took the same
> mohair pattern in the same day, a memorable moment in fishing.
>
> Will be kicking my 2005 fishing season into gear next week. Really
> looking forward to it.  Hope your season will be a rosy one!
>
> Wes Wada
> Bend, Oregon
>
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