Grey Ghost

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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Grey Ghost

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headwaters
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Re: Grey Ghost

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Very nice! I think even Carrie Stevens would approve.
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Classic! Wonderful tie!
...as for us we pin our faith and fealty to the silk-wound PENTAGONAL rod cunningly yet simply devised of its FIVE subtle, individual triangular strips of cane throughout...

Holden, George Parker. (modified by me) Idyl of the Split Bamboo
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Re: Grey Ghost

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Putting the Carrie Stevens red stripe in the head was an excellent touch. Well Done!
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Beautiful.
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Re: Grey Ghost

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Gorgeous. Do you actually fish the pattern? Hate to lose it.
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billems wrote: ↑
10/06/21 08:35
 Gorgeous. Do you actually fish the pattern? Hate to lose it.
I fish these all the time.
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Re: Grey Ghost

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Beautiful work, I have some antique Grey Ghost flies still on Weber cards if anyone is interested.
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Gorgeous rendition of The Upper Dam Classic , too bad the old Dam is gone , that beauty deserves to be cast off one of the old spillway platforms for sure … Top Notch Work !!!
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Pretty fly. Nice work. Here's a chance for comparison
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That's a gorgeous Gray Ghost, PD. And the original GG that hatch posted is instructional in that it shows nicely that her silver pheasant cheeks were approximately 1/3 the hook length, something many of us forget when replicating her streamers.
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Re: Grey Ghost

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Lovely.
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