Sparse Grey Matter

all right try number 3 i think this one is right on

i have tried to make these wings for the ginger quill and im having a problem when i upright them? is there a trick to it? i can make nice wet fly wings.. but they just dont look good when i tye them.


any help would be appericated

thanks john

niklas what material did you use to counter wrap the peacock quill?

here we go the right recipe but my tail and head suck.... but the quill i think came out good for a first try. any advice on the tying the quill to the hook?

thanks allan i must of misread it thanks for the picture will try to locate me some slate mallard wing quill

here is the Ginger Cape

So went out and bought a beautiful ginger cape and decided on tye so ginger flies!! to start i went to the book "The Dettes a Catskill legend" by Eric Leiser a great book i open the book to page 253 Fly Patterns Tied by the Dettes Today, section and decided to tye a Ginger Quill i believe that the s...

i decided to tye a classic pattern on a differnt style hook i think it came out good what do you guys think

they look great does it matter if you substitute like dun hackle instead of light blue hackle? or are you guys tying these exactly as the recipe reads?

hey guys just stumbled across this pattern looks like it will work well in alot of situtation so i tied one up