Thanks for the pix, Justin. And thks for the flies, guys! Ray...question on
your spey style carey...hackle of the one I got is "multi-length" with the
longest fibers about 1.5 to 1.75 X shank, and slightly barred. I've been
looking at spey hackle options (want to tie some of the McNeese, Chinn,
style speys). Can you tell me specifically what you used for the "dark
version"? I've read about burning the hackle with bleach to get the fuzzy
stuff (Deke Meyer's book on steelhead talks about doing this with
heron...which I think is something no one's supposed to use), but haven't
tried it, and wouldn't mind avoiding that process all together if I can
find something else with the right movement in the water.
Also, any tiers have good recommendations for polar bear? I got a small
patch of natural and want to think about it before I take the scissors to
it. Any info or sources of ideas, especially on spinning the short hairs
for dubbing?
On the water front...it's been way too many weeks since I was out, but I'm
heading over the the peninsula (Quinnalt area) over the Thanksgiving
holiday, any body got any ideas of what might be hot or even some smaller
stream action?
Pat Bolton (NWF)
