niveker 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2022 21 hours ago, chugbug27 said: Mustad 3906 (older version), happy to send a few your way if you pm me Thank you Chug, a have a few of those I've picked up here and there. Appreciate the offer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2022 Next fly: Brooks Sprout. Your choice of size and flavor. going once . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2022 It’s totally fine to tie YOUR version of the fly. look forward to seeing it. Have fun with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2022 👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2022 14 hours ago, cencalfly said: May need to sub post material if I can't get it at the local shop. I often think the best fly patterns are the ones that lend themselves to material substitutions. Looking forward to seeing yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2022 Saw the Professor by dFlanagan a few posts back. I admit to not having been following this thread since it's inception since I was busy with Christmas Swap Santa duties but I looked up the specs on the Professor and it was originally a winged wet as mentioned in the history post. The Professor was originally a winged wet fly, as most flies were before the 20th century. It quickly earned the respect of anglers and became widely popular in America’s fly boxes as well as angling literature. It was soon featured in the first American literary work on flies, Charles Orvis’s Fishing with the Fly in 1883, then in Mary Orvis Marbury’s Favorite Flies and Their Histories in 1892. This is what I got out of the original descriptions I found. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2022 Sweet fly Vic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2022 the professor from mary orvis marbury book "favorite flies and their histories" No. 192. The Professor was named after the much-loved Professor John Wilson (Christopher North), and the story of the fly is, that one time, when this famous angler was fishing, he ran short of flies, and, to create something of a flylike appearance, he fastened the petals of buttercups on his hook, adding bits of leaves or grass to imitate the wings of a fly. This arrangement was so successful that it led to the making of the fly with a yellow silk body, since then so widely known as the Professor. Professor « Don Bastian Wet Flies (wordpress.com) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2022 Update, Next up. CenCalFly has the Brooks Sprout Fly, His version. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cphubert 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2022 Looks good, I like and fish Trico's in September or so. That would be a nice addition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2022 Nice tie Cencal ! Love your background, as always. 1 hour ago, cencalfly said: Next up Cains River Streamer (tyer’s choice of pattern). Tyer can omit or sub jungle cock eye if necessary Nice Choice. Over my head, but can’t wait to see it tied by one of the other tyers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2022 👍👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upnorthtier 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2022 9 hours ago, cencalfly said: Next up Cains River Streamer (tyer’s choice of pattern) Ill do the Cains river streamer challenge, never heard or never tied one of these flies. I already have wood duck out on the bench. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 7:08 PM, vicrider said: This is what I got out of the original descriptions I found. I agree with Trouttramp, that is a nice tie. Do you have a reference to that recipe? I've looked through all my books and searched online, but can find nothing like that. 10 hours ago, cencalfly said: Brook’s Sprout – Trico Nice work 1 hour ago, upnorthtier said: Ill do the Cains river streamer Looking forward to seeing it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites