Able Mable

[ibookje]

Ed van Put is for sure a living legend. I love his book 'Trout fishing in the Catskills'.
Here is a recent interview with Ed on fishing the dry fly: https://www.thefloatingfly.com/ed-van-put

We exchanged some mails and flies this summer.
Ed sent me a patch of mink and some thread for ribbing the Able Mable, Ed’s signature fly.

[barebo]

Classic and beautiful fly - The Catskill "connection" with the link to Ed's interview is great - Thanks!

[bob2935]

Great stuff Thanks for sharing this. Have always enjoyed Ed's practical view of fly fishing. Thanks Bohemian Bob

[billems]

Ed is one of my two fly fishing heros. The other is George Harvey. There is a wonderful article on Ed in the book, "Secrets of the Fishing Pros." Helluva tier, too.

[Eperous]

Very nice post and great looking dry fly... thanks...

Ed

[ffftroutbum]

Nice looking fly Jay

[billems]

thefloatingfly.com is a treasure trove of dry fly secrets. It badly needs editing, but struggle on. Quite facinating. If you think a 12-foot leader is long, read what most of these guys use.

[ibookje]

Thanks guys!
For this fly I used brown (old Metz) and grizzly (old Hoffman) mixed. Usually I'd use Collins hackle but Collins' brown is very dark, almost coachman brown. I ordered a Collins dark ginger, hopefully it has a nice brown shade that's lighter than his regular brown. Barred hackles like barred ginger or cree doesn't give that popping mix of brown-ish and grizzly when wrapped, rather a washed out appearance. They look great on the hide though

Wonderful Able Mable and Adams tied by Ed himself: