In a March blog post I mentioned a few flies I'd received from my friend from Pennsylvannia, Fred Bridge. A week ago I posted a closeup photo and the tying sequence for one of these flies, the Wonder Bug. This evening I just posted a closeup photo and the tying sequence for the Peacock Caddis Larva.
Once again it is clear that Fred knows two to the greatest nymph tying materials: (1) lead and (2) peacock herl.
Check it out here: http://www.fishingwithflies.com/PeacockCaddisLarva.htm
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I received a nice package in the mail from Fred Bridge last week
Fred has been a friend for years and sent me some of the first flies that I featured in the Flies With a Story page on fishingwithflies.com some 10 years ago. [The 80+ stories I've collected over the years are listed here.]
So Fred emailed me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I might be interested in a couple of nice nymphs he'd been enjoying. (Just to make it clear, the nymphs I'm talking about here are fishing flies *grin*.) I've fished with Fred and he's one fantastic trout fisherman... so when he says a fly is good, I listen. He sent them along and they look great and, importantly to me, easy to tie.
I will take a few closeup pictures of them and get the images and directions onto the Web site soon.
He also threw in a nice Hornberg. Fred ties his Hornbergs complete with jungle cock eyes and he lacquers (head cement or "hard as nails") the wings. I plan to use this sample for another project of mine, which will be a topic for a future post.
So Fred emailed me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I might be interested in a couple of nice nymphs he'd been enjoying. (Just to make it clear, the nymphs I'm talking about here are fishing flies *grin*.) I've fished with Fred and he's one fantastic trout fisherman... so when he says a fly is good, I listen. He sent them along and they look great and, importantly to me, easy to tie.
I will take a few closeup pictures of them and get the images and directions onto the Web site soon.
He also threw in a nice Hornberg. Fred ties his Hornbergs complete with jungle cock eyes and he lacquers (head cement or "hard as nails") the wings. I plan to use this sample for another project of mine, which will be a topic for a future post.
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