Dave I would love to see pictures of your flies. I referenced Pryce Tannatt first because of the great hook templates in the book. The thing I'm looking for is a template with "spey hooks". The spey flies in Pryce Tannatt appear to be tied on Salmon irons. In fact as I look at them now they are identified as "rational" irons. I'm wondering if in fact there is a true "spey hook" or if they used long shank salmon irons to tie spey patterns? Which might be the reason they made their own hooks if they weren't readily available. They have some of these long shank irons on Plate X in the PT book. I have found a reference as I said to "dee hooks" in the Rare & Unusual book and they do have a very different bend in comparison to the salmon irons but I can't find a reference to "spey hooks". Thank you for offering to take pictures of your flies. If you can't get them on the VFB please send them directly to me. Regards, Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave b potts Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Spey Flies??? Deborah: I think I have some old spey flies and Dee flies I would be willing to photo and post on this list if you would like. I figure Pryce Tannatt pretty well knew what the story was on these fine flies. These flies are from 1870s - 1900s Dave/oregon
