Steve: Thanks.. I'll give this a try..I think I have the American ones, but
I'll just tie them on a smaller hook, so the ratio will still be correct. I
guess, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brettell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Porky Quills
Use large ones as a body for hoppers. Cut off an inch or so of the
pointy end, and seal the hole with glue. Tie and glue it to the hook;
add rubber legs tied in a knot and eyes, and there you have it. It
floats good too. This is with African quills, which are bigger than
American ones.
On 2/10/07, Rodney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I got some of them thar porkypine quills.. Anybody have a recipe(s)
> > to
use those in??? Thanks, Chuck
Chuck,
Another great fly to tie using porcupine quills is the "Virtual
Stonefly"...
I tied some up for a swap we had here a couple years ago... The only
problem with this particular fly is that it takes some time to tie and
DON'T
let your wife see it... She'll go bezonkers on ya... It looks
absolutely
REAL... The recipe can be found at FAOL, (FlyAnglersOnline),
http://www.flyanglersonline.com and do a search in the "Advanced
Flytying"
for the "Virtual Stonefly"... It's one of Al Campbell's creations...
As he says in his narrative in the tying instructions, this fly is really
not one that you want to tye dozens of and lose them in the trees or on
the
bottom, because it fairly complicated and takes some time to tie... BUT,
I
have used it up here on the San Juan River and those big Bows and Browns
absolutely love it...
One thing I have noticed though, using porky quills, is that the quills
have
a natural coating on them that make it hard to use a "Sharpie" or even
nail
polish to color coat them... It takes a few coats to get them at the
color
you want... But I think you'll love this fly...
Rodney...
NREMT - Paramedic
Life is too short, go fishing...
