A place to discuss the collecting and tying of classic flies, the tyers who made them famous, the tools, materials and techniques they used as well as the waters they were designed for. While classic is generally used to describe old things, classic is also used in the sense of first class or in the highest form. Therefore a fully dressed Salmon Fly, or a Carrie Stevens Streamer are just as much classics as a Chernobyl Ant would be. Enjoy the forum.
I fished the upper Kinnickinnic River last night. The temps were in the low 70s. The only hatch was a spinner fall of tiny blue winged olives, which...
When Persaud posted the bit about wings for the Adams, it made me, for some reason, think of the Carmichael Indispensible (basically a western Adams...
Have a few old patterns calling for bronze peacock herl ... so, following the advice I've seen elsewhere, have had several peacock eyes sitting on my...
I was out on the Hoosatonic this weekend, wow, big browns out there...late on Saturday night at the I-90 bridge area in Lee wacking light Cahills and...
Named after Alonzo Fowler, the fly is in Mary Orvis Marbury's book...I'd love to run a picture in my upcoming book on forgotten fly rod makers, where...
The hen necks around here are large round webby things. I try to conserve my saddles and the tips on those are rather slim. What I can't seem to find...
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