04-29-2011, 02:00 PM
I just know I have accumulated a lot of material over the years to the point, I am pretty much set to tie just about any fly that interest me.
I do have several capes, different shades of Dun, Olive Black, Brown, several shades of Furnace, White, CDL, and Grizzly in natural, Olive, Yellow, Burnt Orange, Orange.
But for buggers I use Schlappen, or Chinese Saddle Hackle. More wispy. Not to mention, they are great for Matuka's and wings or body's for Streamers.
The hackle like in the ebay add are for dries and nymphs.
Another thing to keep in mind is there is only so many patterns to tie. The rest is all variations to that. Ex. A Copper John and a Pheasant tail..basically same tie, just different material.... different sizes also.
Take a wooly Worm and add a feather to the top...Stayner Ducktail. Take a Haresear in a #12 and larger, tie it in Golden, Brown, or Black and you have a Stone fly.
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I do have several capes, different shades of Dun, Olive Black, Brown, several shades of Furnace, White, CDL, and Grizzly in natural, Olive, Yellow, Burnt Orange, Orange.
But for buggers I use Schlappen, or Chinese Saddle Hackle. More wispy. Not to mention, they are great for Matuka's and wings or body's for Streamers.
The hackle like in the ebay add are for dries and nymphs.
Another thing to keep in mind is there is only so many patterns to tie. The rest is all variations to that. Ex. A Copper John and a Pheasant tail..basically same tie, just different material.... different sizes also.
Take a wooly Worm and add a feather to the top...Stayner Ducktail. Take a Haresear in a #12 and larger, tie it in Golden, Brown, or Black and you have a Stone fly.
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