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Donald,

Donald,

Back in the heydays I used to scan all flies for GFF. That was the reason the site was B/W in the start - I only had a B/W scanner. Color scanners were expensive!

It's been a long time since I did so, because even though it's convenient, photos do come out better I think, and the problem with squashed hackles and large flies getting flattened isn't the same when you take photos.

But of course we have an article on the subject! From 2002!
http://globalflyfisher.com/gallery/digitizing/scan.html

Nice fly BTW.

Martin

Comment to #331 - Quabbin Delight

Jim, another beautiful design and great tying job. I really admire your streamers.
Ceers, Joel

Comment to #331 - Quabbin Delight

Jim,
That's a real Beauty !!!!!

Ken,

You can use

Ken,

You can use any feather that has a shape you like for flatwings. Saddle feathers are usually the best. You want fairly long, soft feathers of a reasonably uniform width. Many dry fly saddles contain lots of feathers useful for this purpose.

Martin

Glad to see this how

Glad to see this how to. I'm going to try it as a lampre eel in the Great Lakes. Flatwing is hard to find and it seems there are only so many feather types on a chicken and some can be labeled and sold for different purposes. You can use any long and narrow cock saddle feather dry fly ish as it were.
Ken

more shameless Phly Welding...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/Picture11-2.png
Phly Porn Blasphemy...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_1827.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_1828.jpg

Comment to #328 - Gray's Fancy

Barry: Beautiful creation, beautifully tied.

Garth.

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Looks like a beautiful pattern to me. I bet it would be productive for bass.

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Great looking fly
It should do well on Smallmouths

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

g r e a t :)

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Awesome, Winnipesaukee Queen Looks great.

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Lo consiglierò a mio fratello.

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Awesome, looks great http://xeeme.com/taurisol

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Very nice Jim..

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

As all ways lot's of great flies to look at

Comment to #330 - Winnipesaukee Queen

Jim I wasn't aware of this fly until this morning when this post went up. I took a ride up to my camp and was warming up and opened a copy of "Trolling flies for Tout & Salmon" and there was the pattern. I must have missed it the other hundred times I've read that book. It looks like a great dark day fly and I'll give it a try.

Downsized...

Thanks Charlie...
See you in January @ the Fly Fishing Show... 'Cirque Du Somerset...
for some more Blasphemous Phly Welding...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/DSC_0440-2.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/Picture12-1.png

Welded Tubular Downsized...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_1867.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_1872.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/IMG_1875.jpg

Great innovation Pete. And

Great innovation Pete. And some nice welds.
I hope they let you out of jail for good behavior for the upcoming holidays.
It was a pleasure meeting you and watching you welding at the symposium.
Keep up the great work.

Comment to #322 - Rangeley Sesquicentennial

Awesome colors and happy to share!

Comment to #329 - Purple Kate

Purple Kate is beautifully done.

Comment to #329 - Purple Kate

I really like the look of this pattern,the colours in this streamer work so well...

Comment to #329 - Purple Kate

I like your page because its really well set up to read. Plenty of info and right to the point.

Comment to #329 - Purple Kate

It's so beautiful!!

Comment to #329 - Purple Kate

Wow.. It looks so lovely