Don-
Just out of curiousity was this an eBay "score"?
-John
Oregon
--- Don Ordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> > >
> >
> >
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