will definately be adding a few of these to my fly box, lovely tying. im in the possession of a taxidermy brown owl and I was wondering are there more North Country Spider patterns using the beautiful feathers of this bird. other than the brown owl fly (Or any other fly pattern) thank you i know quite a few welsh flie use the brown owl for winging wet flies thanks in advance.
Another classic. I'm interested. Where did tyers obtain the "exotic" feathers and herl? Women's hats? I know here in the US Appalachians, Peacock and Guinea fowl were used as alarm systems on small farms. In the late 1800's early 1900's were these materials readily available in the North Country?
Incredible detail, thank you.
Nick in Redfield Arkansas.
Excellent. A good drowned beetle imitation I think. :-)
will definately be adding a few of these to my fly box, lovely tying. im in the possession of a taxidermy brown owl and I was wondering are there more North Country Spider patterns using the beautiful feathers of this bird. other than the brown owl fly (Or any other fly pattern) thank you i know quite a few welsh flie use the brown owl for winging wet flies thanks in advance.
Interesting stuff 👍
For practical fishing purposes do u ever dress this fly with a thread Rib or maybe a layer of glue under the herl or something for durability?
You could wrap up the herl through a split thread loop and spin it up.Quite durable.
👍👍A soft hackle ant, really.
House Fly.
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Another classic. I'm interested. Where did tyers obtain the "exotic" feathers and herl? Women's hats? I know here in the US Appalachians, Peacock and Guinea fowl were used as alarm systems on small farms. In the late 1800's early 1900's were these materials readily available in the North Country?
It was freely available. I suppose most stately homes and English mannor house had some form of imported birds.
@@thedalesangler Thank you. I am amazed how well Spiders work on our streams and rivers. Along with how well they work I enjoy the history.
I was wondering, Have you tied this fly with a palmered body Robert, as it looks in Pritt’s book?
The illustration in Pritt's book is wrong. The fly doesn't have a palmered hackle.
Barbed hook! Do you flatten it before fishing.
Of course. I always fish debarbed or barbless.
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what size the hook?
the sneck hook was a size15. If i'm using a modern hook, i would dress it on a size 16 or 18.