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 bought a plastic tub of what appear to be grouse feathers at a thrift store. The seem clean and respectable but I'd like to sterilize the lot since...
What is your favorite attractor dry fly? I'm sure for most it's the adams or a royal wulff. One attractor I found to my liking is H renegade, which I...
Am I the only one on the planet that has a terrible time winding Starling feather on hook and breaking them more often than not? Is there a secret to...
Midge fishing is my weakest area of the sport. Sure, I've caught many on midge patterns--griffiths gnats, mainly. A thread midge called Al's rat. But...
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