Jens Lund Adamsen 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2008 Hi all Here is a General Practitioner (sort of). Instead of "fighting" with GP tippet feathers I have used black laced hen feathers (dyed orange). I think it looks all right and I am sure it will work like a real General Practitioner in the water. I hope you like it and if you should have a black laced hen cape in one of your storage boxes here is an alternative use for it. Regards Jens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buggybob 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2008 Great fly ! I have used black laced hen for about 15 years on General Practioners. Here in the Pacific Northwest we tie them big, up to a 5/0 hook. I used to have to dye my own feathers because they only came in natural white and black. I ran into Henry Hoffman one time and asked if I could get a supply of them and showed him a General Practioner I had tied. Never heard back from Henry but about six months later I saw the first dyed pelts in a local fly shop. Oh well ! They work very well for crayfish imitations because of the markings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoyalWulff 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2008 great fly Jens, I use the red breast feathers of the GP not the tippets for my general. Very nice phil Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willowhead 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2008 VERY VERY nice tye Jens......... R.W. Poul Jorgensen used the same feathers you do for his G.P. fly. i like them as well............. B.B., i used to raise chickens amoung many other birds.....(i had birds for almost 5 years), and some of them were Silver Laced Whyendotts.....that is the bird those feathers come form. There are also Golden Laced Whyendotts which i also had. Instead of White and Black, their feathers are brownish/gold and black. Btw, Henery Hoffman won the Bus Buzeck Award this year at the FFF International Conclave. Or was that last year.............lol. Anyway, he's a recent recipiant. And well deserved imho. mark..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nwstreamer 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2008 Excellent use of those feathers.. Nice GP Jens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claudia 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2008 Nice tie Jens C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites