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It is a type of fly used on

It is a type of fly used on the River Tummel in the 19th and early 20th century.
The idea was to get fly down quickly by in effect using the bare hook as an aid to quick surface penetration and sinking. It is probably the sparsest type of fly ever used, even more than the Clyde style. There is not much info on them, except for W. H. Lawrie in "Scottish Trout Flies" and one picture in Skues "Way of a Trout with a Fly" of regional variations of the Blue Dun and (quote)' I have known Scottish burn fishers to fill bumping creels with just such simple patterns busked before setting out'(unquote). But Lawrie and Skues is quite a good recommendation. I am in the process of tying more of the flies for the article in my web-site.
I have tied a Greenwell and maybe a Blae (Blue) Dun and a couple of others.
They did not have the range of hooks we have now-a-days nor the aids to sinking flies we have. I have published most of Lawrie's comments from his book, still very appropriate today.

T,

T,

Are you talking about the Eur-Flyfish mailing list?

[url]http://www.acc.umu.se/~widmark/lweurfly.html[/url]

Martin

Donald,

Donald,

That is one strange contraption!

What does it imitate - if anything?
How do you fish it?

Martin

If anyone wants more info on

If anyone wants more info on this type of fly -
http://www.dtnicolson.dial.pipex.com/page153.html

and here is another version of the fly -
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Excellent, do you ha

Excellent, do you have the pattern recipes posted anywhere, if so where and if not can you give them to me. Thanks.

Hi Lars,
I have not

Hi Lars,
I have not had a problem with the fly landing on it's side. With this fly you can cut the post very short and it will still be highly visible on the water. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Darryl

A stunning amount of

A stunning amount of clear, usable information! Thank you!

Freezing a cast line

Freezing a cast line is extremely difficult but what helps is to get the subject against a dark background. If there are dark trees or rocks, position your subject between you and the background. This will sometimes allw you to open the lense one stop which helps so you can increase the speed.

I have a pair of Wei

I have a pair of Weinbrenner's and was thinking about replacing the worn out felt with an aquastealth sole. Has anyone done this?

Hi Darryl!
This is

Hi Darryl!
This is a nice fly that I want to try for my local streams here in Denmark!
Does it always land with the orange wing upwards?

Lars

Great wallpapers, ca

Great wallpapers, can't wait to be part of one in a couple of weeks :D

Aart,

Interesting

Aart,

Interesting way of fishing this fly. Let us know how if the salmon found it stimulating.

Kasper

Lew,

I tie in a w

Lew,

I tie in a weed guard as shown here on the photo: Weed guard - The Real Rag Worm

Kasper

excellent wallpapers

excellent wallpapers thank you

Nice fly, may be ver

Nice fly, may be very usefull in the dutch coastal system for seebass and other fish.. but I will give it a go in the Namsen river, Norway, next month. Any results for this fly more upstream, in the rivers with migrating salmon?

Very helpful. I now

Very helpful. I now know how to clean the cork. I was wondering how to clean it

Sorry to say we do n

Sorry to say we do not have a version for the Palm Pilot and there are no plans for making a PP version. I'm proficient at Excel (which LC is created within) and not the Palm OS platform.

can i put leadercalc

can i put leadercalc on my palm pilot?

trpcr250,

Can you

trpcr250,

Can you say USD 10-11? As I said: expensive!

Martin

what is that in U.S.

what is that in U.S. dollars $3.00 bucks?

awsome ideas, im jus

awsome ideas, im just curious though as what u use to finish your reel seats. all i have is conversion varnish. im sure it wont stand up to the elements. i have a rod that i want to put together, but im stuck on the reel seat, can you help me out?

As a keen flytier my

As a keen flytier myself , I always think that when exposing both bars on pheasent tippets tails that the tail looks too long , but as I can see you compensate the body length which tends to bring the tail further down the shank and makes it look more acceptable , I also like your skills when combining three different wing slips as one , trully impressed and overall they are dressed very neat and tidy ......jim

Thank you for an exc

Thank you for an excellent resource. I do have one technical complaint, though. It would be very helpful to us small-screen users if you were to place your cursor at D12 rather than I14 before you protected and saved the spreadsheet. That would enable a much more useful and less confusing view when using the "freeze panes" feature. Thanks, Ron.

Chris, I have a stre

Chris, I have a streamer book by Bob Young called New England Streamer. The book is only about 20 pages and was writen before he passed away. I will send you a copy if you do not have one.Please send me your mailing address.