Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
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JOHNW on Sep 29, 2007September 29th, 2007, 11:03 am EDT
I have a pattern which calls for lime green elk hair. My question is do any of you have a supplier who carries odd colored elk hair or suggestions for dyeing my own? (an area I've pretty much tried to avoid)
JW
JW
"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn
JAD on Sep 29, 2007September 29th, 2007, 2:44 pm EDT
I have some John.
john
They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
JOHNW on Oct 1, 2007October 1st, 2007, 10:01 am EDT
Incoming PM, JAD
"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn