Following from my FP I'm doing some more of these old fashioned flies. Here's a Greenwell's with an old fashioned bunched and split wing of starling. It's a tricky winging style to get right, especially with starling, and a fly with a normal slip wing(or even EP) will catch just as many fish I'm sure. But I do think there's a benefit to maintaining/developing these skills.
As an aside, I've all but run out of pearsall's and have been using the Fly Only silks and find them quite nice. I'm also waiting on a the selection from 54 dean street to try out.
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Re: old fashioned
Exquisite tying! I have Greenwell's in the box as well, and I love fishing them.
It's quite difficult getting the fly just right in terms of scruffiness, in a pattern that doesn't really lend itself well to scruffiness, unless you get the wings just right (or maybe just a little bit wrong?).
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It's quite difficult getting the fly just right in terms of scruffiness, in a pattern that doesn't really lend itself well to scruffiness, unless you get the wings just right (or maybe just a little bit wrong?).
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Re: old fashioned
I haven’t tied split wings in close to 30 years. I’ll have a go when I’m next at a vise to see if I still can
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Re: old fashioned
Thanks Lars. The cheapest Indian hen hackle is an important factor too. I think the key to the bunched and split wing is that they're always a little bit wrongViking Lars wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:07 pm Exquisite tying! I have Greenwell's in the box as well, and I love fishing them.
It's quite difficult getting the fly just right in terms of scruffiness, in a pattern that doesn't really lend itself well to scruffiness, unless you get the wings just right (or maybe just a little bit wrong?).
Lars
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Re: old fashioned
it's like riding a bike...Paul Arden wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:40 pm I haven’t tied split wings in close to 30 years. I’ll have a go when I’m next at a vise to see if I still can
Thanks,
Paul
Re: old fashioned
I love Old Fashioned, but I can’t make my mind up wheter I prefer muddled sugar over simple syrup