In article , W. D. Grey
wrote:
In article , Alec Powell
writes
Gents,
Firstly is it still worth using this group anymore?

It makes a nice doorstop, genuine antique that y'know.

Maybe Usenet is a thing of the past?
Anyway, maybe Bill or some other fly tiers might be able to give me the
ingredients and instructions for this pattern which came up in
conversation with a Yorkshire friend of mine. Probably no good for us
southerners but my friend tells me he knew the originator and a little
gift of a copy would not go amiss.

A rough water fly. Basically a red tag with a white hackle - something like:

Hackle: white cock
Body: peacock herl
Tag: Red wool
Thread: To choice - but I have some recollection of purple thread being used to form a small head - Icbw.

My guess is that a conventional red tag with a red-brown hackle would work
at least as well but the white probably makes the fly more visible - to the
angler - on fast, peat tinged water.

Best wishes to all the old crowd and how about a gathering this year.
Back to Brenig?
Cheers,
Alec

Sorry Alex - never heard of it.

Can you give a detailed description, maybe then a similar fly may be
found. Sometimes flies are tied with a slight variation on a well known
pattern then given a new name.

E.G. a large hook - say #6 with a 4 " worm might easily be called
Andy's Fancy :-)

Usually the 'garden ranger'

.........with a squirrel tail wing - a Dave's Delight!

Cheerio,

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