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| "Dixon's Tangerine" |
While going through Smiths book The North Country Fly I came across several interesting patterns, one of them is probably not well known to most of us but looks to be a fly that will get the job done. Again the simplicity of the pattern is key along with it's sparseness. The fly is called "Dixon's Tangerine".. and was first tied somewhere between the 1950's to the 1980's. The fly is tied with Red Pearsall's Silk..Thorax, Peacock Herl...Hackle, Brown Owl. I used Starling.
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| "July Dun" |
This fly comes from the James Blades' list of flies circa 1890...again not a fly found in most fly shops. The pattern is called "July Dun"....White Pearsall's Silk...Thorax, Peacock Herl...Hackle Starling.
Absolutely gorgeous Alan! I like that you occasionally showcase the north country patterns that are still as effective today as they were in the past! This includes both sides of the Atlantic!
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Doug
Dougsden
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Doug I got the book last year and I'm so intrigued by these patterns.
Liesenring and Hidy were masters of the soft hackle but their flies were not as simple.
Alan
ReplyDeleteBoth patterns are proven winners; size 16 is my favorite when fishing tailraces----thanks for sharing
Bill Trussell
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Bill I know one has been catching trout for over a century...pretty good track record.
Alan, nicely done again mate.
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It's good to hear that especially from across the pond.
Beautiful flies, Alan. You sure know how to make the herl behave to make a nice thorax on those soft hackles. I write this from the metropolis of NYC where I am working this week. Can't wait to escape from it come tomorrow evening.
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Parachute Adams
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Sam I buy the peacock sticks as opposed to bundled herl. The feathers are much more uniform and wind on beautifully and less breakage.
Alan
ReplyDeleteBeauties as always. Simple yet so effective!
TROUT1
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Pete you well know effective they are.
Alan, sometimes I tie the peacock herl wrap forward of the hackle making the pattern a pseudo-beadhead. Very likely already tried by bygone fly tiers.
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John I do the same, the peacock makes for a very attractive head. These 2 patterns called for the peacock to wrapped as a thorax.
Beautiful flies once again Alan.
ReplyDeleteLike John Dornick above, when I used to tie a lot more North Country flies I often used Peacock Herl and it was always tied in front of the hackle (e.g. Dark and light Spanish Needle flies).
Alistair
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Alistair as I said in Johns post, I'll tie it in in both ways.
I'm really loving those spiders Alan. Spiders and bamboo would just be like a trip back in time.
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Howard those two combinations would be "classic" indeed.
This is fantastic. I really have to learn how to swing a wet fly...
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Fred fishing these flies is such a joy. Beautiful, simple and effective.
I hope all is well with you. Being you haven't responded to posts like you always do.
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Parachute Adams
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Sam I'm OK. I'll explain in the next post.