Chuck, That I haven't tried, but sounds like a good idea to me... Rodney... NREMT - Paramedic Life is too short, go fishing...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Porky Quills > Rodney: BTW, could you hit the quills lightly with an emery board or fine > sand paper to knock the gloss off so to speak, so the coloring would be > easier to stick?? Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:24 AM > Subject: [VFB] Re: Porky Quills > > > > > >> > 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... > > >
