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DFoster started following Best substitute for jungle cock on fishing flies, CDC Ant, Soft Hackles and and 2 others
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Thanks for posting this Norm- I really enjoy Roberts Smith's youtube channel and blog. The guy really knows North Country spiders!
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Hi Pete, I found this regarding Norvise-
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I received an email advertising Green Caddis hooks at $2 per 25 pack and since I often spend $5 to $9 for a 25 pack at Cabela's why not try them?. I ordered a small variety of barb less #16s & #14s and got them in 3 days. They have a reasonably nice black nickle finish and though the wire is lighter in general than a fire hole stick they're also only $2 (25) vs $7.25 (36). Besides a lighter wire can be a good thing at times. Total shipping was $3.59. They seem like decent hooks for the price. The shipment was short one package. I emailed them about that this morning and they immediately shipped out. No complaints.
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Best substitute for jungle cock on fishing flies
DFoster replied to flyty1's topic in The Fly Tying Bench
Great idea!- 28 replies
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That's a great looking salmon fly Norm! ROYAL COACHMAN SPIDER HOOK: #12 FIRE HOLE 609 THREAD: BLACK 6/0 ABDOMEN/BODY: PEACOCK HERL- NATURAL WITH RED FLOSS THORAX: PEACOCK HERL- NATURAL HACKLE: PARTRIDGE UNDER COVET -WHITE HEAD: SH HARD AS NAILS
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Thank you!
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Well let's just say I speak from experience- 🙄
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Best substitute for jungle cock on fishing flies
DFoster replied to flyty1's topic in The Fly Tying Bench
LOL- I didn't know myself- To my eye they just look good! Another reason the Stewart's Black Spider is effective I guess.- 28 replies
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SLIP WING DETACHED BODY MAYFLY HOOK: # EMERGER THREAD: #70 LIGHT CAHILL/#70 BLACK TAIL: MICROFIBBETS -BLACK ABDOMEN/BODY: WHITE CLOSE CELL FOAM RIB: LIGHT CAHILL THREAD THORAX: LIFE CYCLE SUPER FINE DUBBING- BROWN, BACK COVERED WITH PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS. HACKLE: ROOSTER- GINGER WING: MALLARD SLIPS- NATURAL HEAD: SH HARD AS NAILS
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Thank you- but I didn't tie those I just posted them as an example. They are from a blog I follow. Here is the link. You could always contact Alan and ask him what brand of silk that is. http://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2021/02/perhaps-its-not-looking-like-it-should.html
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Then it becomes "Bugs, bourbon and broke"- 😁
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Best substitute for jungle cock on fishing flies
DFoster replied to flyty1's topic in The Fly Tying Bench
I posted a little while ago that I've been using Starling tips as a JC sub as in this Golden Ace below. To my eye the green/blue iridescence of the starling works in place of JC well enough to catch fish, a stickler for tradition would argue the point. Every fly I tie I expect to cast and as long as it fools the fish I'm ok with variants.- 28 replies
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Buggy looking fly sir!
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One old trick to thin hackle is to remove one side of the hackle fibers before tying it in.