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'm researching an article about early Northeast striper fishing. I'm looking for patterns that might have been commonly used on the Rhode Island and...
Does anyone do a variation of the Mosquito dry fly pattern but instead of using just the light and dark moose mane for the body wrap, do you dye the...
Does anyone have any experience with Togen hooks? I have recently seen them advertised. Do they make hooks in any material besides bronzed steel such...
Schweibert's new Nymphs I devotes 4 or 5 pages to Ed Sens, whose series of nymphs were described in Ovington's book How to Take Trout on on Wet Flies...
I am reading my newly arrive copy of Dave Hughes' book on Wet Flies. In his tying instructions he has the hackle palmered back from the hook eye and...
This is a very rare book in this edition, especially with the flies still extant, it is (needless to say) well out of my budget but thought it may be...
This book is an interesting description of the Czech Nymph menthod and flies.
Available from Paul Morgan at anglebooks in the UK. I am impressed and...
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