Dan-
I was one of the ones in on the Potts flies thread a
while back. Did get my hands on some books/pamphlets
on tying Potts style flies, if any one is interested,
they can contact me offlist. I tried the technique
with results ranging from laughable to poor, not given
up entirely yet, though.
-John
Oregon
--- Dan/Sal Wheaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was some discussion in the past on "Potts"
> flies, in which hair was
> used to form hackles. Interesting topic. It was
> not part of the
> discussion, but my understanding is that the hair of
> choice on the
> originals was badger. You might want to look into
> it.
> DanW
>
> >I've got a chunk of badger fur. has anybody got any
> good patterns for it? It
> >looks like it would be great for streamers. Long,
> soft hair, brown at the
> >base, then cream, then on the guard hairs, it goes
> back to a speckled black
> >and white.
> >
> >I can always invent something, but I was just
> wondering what other people's
> >experience was.
> >
> >Dan Crowe
> >Olympia, WA
>
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