The Rainbow Special

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.

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upstate
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The Rainbow Special

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A Classic from The Complete Fly Tier by Rube Cross whom many consider to be the father of the Catskill school of fly dressing.

Hook. Mustad 94840 size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls Gossamer Salmonberry (pink).
Wing. Mallard Flank.
Tail. Light andulusian.
Body. Pink Fox light.
Hackle. Light andulusian.

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Eric Peper
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Re: The Rainbow Special

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Perfectly done. Good job.
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Re: The Rainbow Special

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A pretty tie Tom, the pattern makes me think of a fair, ghostly lady or flowering dogwoods along the stream.
...a wink of gold like the glint of sunlight on polished cane...

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