I would be interested in receiving any interesting patterns which may pop up in the US fly magazines. I have seen some interesting ones from England which use old used tea bags for wings on the Adult Caddis. Thanks in advance too all..
Reuven -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DonO Sent: Sunday, 24 July 2005 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Patterns in Spun Hair? Technically, Deb is correct. The tiger mouse is a stack-'n-pak. I have a method for spots, but that is a secret. I refer to both spinning deer and stacking deer as 'flaring, because more materials than deer will flare, even a lot of synthetics. The entire mouse pattern is in the 1995 Patterns of the Masters, from the Livingston FFF 'clave. Should I have Byard post it on the vfb? DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Patterns in Spun Hair? > I forgot to add.... Those are stacked deer hair they aren't spun. To get > frog spots... for example do a search on stacking deer hair. > http://www.flyfield.com/deerhair.htm > I'm sure Don O can better explain stacking deer hair to you but you > basically build the colors up on top of each other. Don't spin them around > the hook. Same thing for stripes that don't go all the way around the fly. > Deb > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Gramp > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Patterns in Spun Hair? > > Hi everyone, > First off, a WELL DONE to mike bliss for hosting the go- to swap!! > I just got the bunch of flies back, and all i can say is... WOW! I > have to apologize, yet again, for being so late with my flies... > On another note, congrats to DonO for his deer-hair flies in the > recent issue of 'The Art of Angling Journal'! These flies (and > admittedly others) got me thinking... How, exactly, does one > incorporate 'tiger-print patterns' into the spun hair? I have the fly > tyer's benchside reference, but don't even know what to look up... > Also, how does one incorporate feathers in the fly and still spin > completely around the feather? (I'm thinking of the turtles using > english jay for the flippers, for those who have access to the recent > journal). > I hope these questions are clear enough... Tight wraps and lines, > Pete > > >
