Dry Fly Wings

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Vince Marinaro was a wing man, the first to insist they were a 'key"

As I recall, he said wings were the *most* important part of the dry
fly.

But George Harvey, like most of you, says they make no difference.

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.

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.

vince

"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.

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.

Don't know about Joe, but I put hackles on my beetles to imitate legs,
and a tuft of bright-colored yarn-- not to imitate wings, but to help
me see the dang thing.

vince

I'm holding a very old magazine article (torn out so I don't know the
magazine or date) by George Harvey. A picture shows his upright winged
flies tied with Fluorescent wings in pink, yellow and green. The
article does reference tying with these colors starting in 1983, when
eye problems caused difficulty seeing floating flies.

George used fluorescent pink on deer hair ants successfully, and
substituted hot pink wings on Adams, Quill Gordons and Hendricksons.
Alternating with normal wing material flies he found they worked
equally well. He even substitued hot pink for the Trico spinner wing
and "had the best season in years".

He also references tying a Green Drake (eastern) pattern using
fluorescent calf tail "forty years ago".

Jeff

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He also references tying a Green Drake (eastern) pattern using
fluorescent calf tail "forty years ago".


I still use fluorescent green calf tail on my Green Drake duns. Probably not
necessary, but it does enable visability in low light, and when greased, the
calf tail keeps a pretty heavy (they are tied on
#10 streamer hooks) dry fly afloat for a bit longer.
Tom

On 6 Nov 2005 07:50:20 -0800, wrote:

I'm holding a very old magazine article (torn out so I don't know the
magazine or date) by George Harvey.

I can confirm what Jeff says about those wildly colorful flies; I have
that article too. I just dug it out because I usually mark articles
with publication and date, but I failed to do so in this case. I'm
guessing it was Field & Stream or Outdoor Life.

vince

I've had hits (trout or chubs,I don't know which) on red and pink strike
detectors. Hot colors seem to attract attention.
Funny though, I tied a red bodied EHC but never had a hit on it! Too much
of a good thing?
Makes me wonder about a red headed Klinkhammer emerger....

On 6 Nov 2005 07:50:20 -0800, wrote:

I'm holding a very old magazine article (torn out so I don't know the
magazine or date) by George Harvey. A picture shows his upright winged
flies tied with Fluorescent wings in pink, yellow and green. The
article does reference tying with these colors starting in 1983, when
eye problems caused difficulty seeing floating flies.

(Snip....)

Jeff, am I losing my mind, or is my computer losing its mind?

Didn't you post that same message about two weeks ago? I remember
very clearly that I dug out my copy of that article and responded to
your post.

I feel like I've been watching a Rod Sterling program.

vince

On 6 Nov 2005 07:50:20 -0800, wrote:
Well, I just looked at the date (which I should have done before) and
find it was posted on November 6. How the hell did it get onto my
computer today?

vince