Thread: Dry Fly Wings
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Old November 5th, 2005, 08:42 PM
jeffc
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"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Since you mentioned Harvey, it reminded me of Joe Humphreys, who once
said
that he didn't bother with wings on his Humpie, "because beetles don't
have
wings [at rest]." Well they don't have tails either, but his Humpies had
tails.


I'm not familiar with Joe's Humpie pattern. I see him only once very
couple of months but when I do, I'll try to remember to bug him (no
pun intended) about that.


Ya know what, I think I got that backward. I think he said he doesn't
bother with the tails because beetles don't have tails, an dI remember
thinking they don't have upright wings or hackles either.