Australian possum

Hello Tom will you please look at this picture and tell me if this is
close to what Mr. Betters wanted I've never seen one of his thanks/
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7lofi/Asablewulff.jpg

Gerard http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7lofi/index.htm
"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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oups.com...
Quite a few people stock it. You can get it here;
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/category/71000

TL
MC


what Mike links to definitely is NOT Australian opposum,
however, standard North American opposum fur can be bleached and takes a
sort of burnt orange dye job pretty well to approximate the real thing
with a bit of tinkering.
I have tyed Ausable Wulffs for years with a muted, rusty
dyed possum fur mix I got from Fred Reese years back.
Even Mr. Betters thought it looked pretty good, when I showed it to him
quite a while back. But, then again, Fran was pretty kindly to me, and
probably guffawed at the rube within minutes of my leaving the shop.......
Tom

"G. J. Z." wrote in message
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Hello Tom will you please look at this picture and tell me if this is
close to what Mr. Betters wanted I've never seen one of his thanks/
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7lofi/Asablewulff.jpg


I would say the body should be a shade lighter and a bit less red, but that
could easily be the photography. I have a copy of Fran's book and will try
and see if I can scan
his pic into the book. From what I can see, that fly in the photo of yours
should be perfectly successful, fishing-
wise.
Tom

G. J. Z. wrote:
Hello Tom will you please look at this picture and tell me if this is
close to what Mr. Betters wanted I've never seen one of his thanks/
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7lofi/Asablewulff.jpg


Betters uses fluorescent orange thread.