Deb, Mart,
thanks a lot for your help. I guess I can now tie some, which are very close to the original.
The body looks always fat, therfore I guess the raffia will be the material of choice, I understand now the rib as well, I think I will try to use peacocj twisted around a tying thread for durability.
For the wings.. I know that the hackle is behind the wings, the wings are pointing in an angle of appr. 45 degrees into the hook's eye direction. But I didn't know, that these wings are divided.
Deb, you mention the mole fly as a fly with a body hackle. I was sure that these wings at the hooks eye are the characteristic of a mole fly. I think I have somewhere some lines in a book....
I don't know how common this book is, I do not know about it. But let me see, what amazon says about it. Do you have an isbn no. for this book?
Regards
Rene
-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:59:13
+0100
Subject: RE: [VFB] Pont Audemer / Pont d'Audemer
From:
"Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
<[email protected]>
Rene
Is that pattern the same
fly as the Pont Audemer referenced by Jean-Paul
Pequegnot who makes
mention of Charles Ritz. If so it's on page 107-108 of
his book
French Fishing Flies
Info from the book:
The variants of the
fly are very numerous. All flies have a point in common
their
wings are inclined forward at an angle of forty-five degrees over the
hackles. For the majority of the Norman anglers, the original had no
tails.
Such a fly assumes a very unusual posture on the water (it
suspends)which
causes the leader to form an aerial bridge the value
of which this author
believes in.
Hook Medium size, usual
11 - 13, black tying thread
Body Natural raffia or yellow silk
ribbed by the tying thread or a
peacock fiber
Wing Mallard
flank feathers or bunches of fibers of these feathers.
Variants with tails are frequently found, others have hackle wound
palmer-style along the body as in the mole fly.....
I hope
that was helpful. There was more but I'm sure you can figure out
the variants from the pictures you've found. The picture of this fly
on the
front of the book includes a brown hackle tied behind the
mallard wing. It
appears to have the yellow silk ribbed with tying
thread for the body.
I don't know how common the book is.
Regards,
Deb
-----Original Message-----
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Rene Zillmann
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:52
PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VFB] Pont Audemer / Pont
d'Audemer
Ok,
for the midge swap I plan to ty a
Pont d'Audemer dry. A french pattern,
very common in the Normandy.
Charles Ritz recommends this pattern in his
book. Unfortunately he
doesn't list a recipe. He was a great flyfisher
and -caster, but
tying wasn't his thing. Anyway, I have some pics of
this fly and an
idea, how to ty it.
I did some googleing with English, German
and French keywords, but found
only pics and references to Charles'
book.
Has anybody a recipe or a web-site, where I can find
some more infos?
Rene
