No, I was at a Outdoor show in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as a guest tier. Trying to figure out what the Potts flies are worth. Anyone know? On the cards were 2 royal coachmen and two yellow badgers. DonO
----- Original Message ----- From: John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] badger hair > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > 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/ > > > > > ===== > 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/
