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Archive for the ‘Flies’ Category
Just for you, Pop…
Posted in Eat shit hippies, Flies, Huskies, Libations, Outdoors, fishing on Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Paging Doctor Spratley…
Posted in Flies, Outdoors, fishing on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Doc Spratley” (modified)
Hook: Mustad 9671, whatever, sizes 8-10 (also 1x)
Tail and Beard Hackle: Grizzly (I prefer it thicker)
Body: Black wool
Rib: Silver tinsel
Wing: Pheasant tail
Head: Peacock herl
-As the story goes:
The late Dick Prankard of tulip infested Mt. Vernon Washington originated the pattern around 1949…While he was tying the fly, his friend doctor Spratley (I believe a [...]
Pheasant flies…
Posted in Flies, fishing on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Some ‘variations’ of fly patterns that I tie…
Pheasant Tail Leech (modified):
Hook:Mustad 9671, umpqua 3761, whatever—sizes 6-10 (I also tie some 1x)
Tail, Beard and Wing: Pheasant tail fibers
Body and Rib: Peacock herl, gold tinsel (some prefer fine gold wire too)…
I suppose that it could somehow represent a leech, this pattern has always worked well on lakes…It’s classified [...]
