I actually 'scored' some original Potts flies this weekend, 4 of them still on the cards, unused, and two sandy mites not on cards. ( I got the flies, a swiss champ mini for a vest zinger, and a nice filet knife in trade for a mouse) I'll take some photos and post them on somebody's site somewhere. These all have the woven hair hackles. I know a magazine awhile back had the procedures to weave hair like Potts and Grant, but I can't remember who and when. I've been in possession of a sandy mite for about 20 years, and I've figured out how to do the 'belly-weave' pretty well to create the segments on the bodies, but I've never bothered to weave the hair. I'd like to see the pamphlets to see how close I was able to come to the original technique. DonO
----- Original Message ----- From: John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] badger hair > 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 > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/
