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barrytheguide

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  1. Thanks,this is what I've been working from. But it's not all that easy to follow the recipe because the photo is not all that clear
  2. Flies for Roosters are usually stripped very quickly. ie with the rod held under the armpit and a two handed "speed retrieve ". Therefor the head is tied with Artic Fox,nice and waterproof, with the butts facing rearward to maintain a nice fat profile. But whilst it might be similar to other patterns I still don't know the correct recipe
  3. And it's Rasta of course! Must try posting in the morning rather than late at night. Zzzzzzz
  4. I seem to be having a problem uploading a photo from my iPad, sorry about that Bazzer
  5. I have searched hig and low for a recipe for the Rasta fly. This is the best I came up with from a photo. Does anyone have a recipe for one? I'm off on a drive to Baja soon and would like to have some decent ones in my fly box since flies are impossible to buy there. Bazzer
  6. I have searched hig and low for a recipe for the Rasta fly. This is the best I came up with from a photo. Does anyone have a recipe for one? I'm off on a drive to Baja soon and would like to have some decent ones in my fly box since flies are impossible to buy there. Bazzer
  7. With the Erich bobbin you have to pull the spool of thread away from the spring assembly to feed more thread. With the Norvise bobbin it has a slipping clutch that does this automatically. I've been using the Norvise bobbin for a very long time and would not be without it.
  8. Please, let's get this back on topic or please mods delete the thread altogether
  9. I might remind members that this is a Fly Tying form and not an English language Forum. You have taken this way off-topic, if you really want to discuss grammar start another thread please. All you achieve is discouraging the none native English Language members from posting to this forum whom I welcome. Bazzer
  10. Sea Trout! What part of the world are you in?
  11. Nice Avatar FlyTire, I'll try for a picture of my Klinkhammer Adams later. Can't use my iPhone because it's no good for close ups so I'll try to rummage up a decent camera.
  12. Ed, my comment was not aimed at you, but another who seems to troll my posts.I agree about the true Adams hackle being Ginger and Grizzly. But my novel approach of using one of my Cree cape feathers that stats out ginger and ends up Cree is quite interesting. As I tried to write before, I'm in the process of yet another Adams variation, a Klinkhammer Adams. I'll try to get a decent picture sometime Bazzer
  13. I not only lost my reply, but the reply from Flytire as well, sometimes screwy with the system. I agree totally that Cree is very subjective, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I've been guiding for many years and started out with casting lessons with Tommy Edwards of Hardys of London and I've learnt that the same hackle and the same fly is named many things depending on who you talk to. I'm happy with my "Cree" and I'll use it on a number of differnt patterns. At the moment I'm tying some Klinkhammer Adams (note for grammar police it's now Adams and not Adam's) and there's me thinking this was a fly tying forum.
  14. Here is a photo of the Whiting Cree cape that I received. It's a mixture of Ginger, Furnace and Grizzly. And of course mostly Cree. Some of the feathers start out at the base as Ginger/Funace and change to Cree. These make for a very interesting Adams. A mixture of the traditional dressing and the modern. Is it true Cree? I'm not sure but judge for youself. The quality of the cape is excellent. The feathers are long enough to tie two or three flies. Very dense barbs and very stiff. I have been tying my version of a Klinkhammer Adams, as yet untried, but it looks good
  15. other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams. Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams" You are just to smart for me. Yep, my major was not English although I am born and breed a Brit.But I'd love to see you dressing of the ADAMS An apostrophe in a word MEANS something. Really very simple. Possession or contraction. Fifth grade English. When I see someone randomly place an apostrophe in a word where it does not belong, it makes me want to smack them upside the head. The OP got it right AND wrong in the same sentence! Oh well, we all have our little things we hate. The little things I hate are ticks and misplaced apostrophes. Damn grammar police. Take it somewhere else, please.
  16. other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams. Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams" You are just to smart for me. Yep, my major was not English although I am born and breed a Brit. But I'd love to see you dressing of the ADAMS
  17. Not from Pelosistan, but from Hampshire in the UK, you know, the famous home of the British Chalk Steams. The Test and the Itchen if you don't know... The early examples are very interesting, but heavily overdressed in my view. It seems that none of the current patterns come close to the original. Maybe all Variants?
  18. Very interesting article, but since there are no surviving flies and no surviving written pattern, it's all only guess work. If the original used two hackles when did the Cree pattern appear?
  19. Ok, lets ask this question, "What do you consider to be the Traditional Adams Pattern? " I once fished with a grand old gentleman Co. Grey, who was in his nineties, he was a member of the D Day planning team, he only fished with two patterns in his box, a lot of them, Adams and Royal Wulff. Interesting all of his hooks were gold plated, real gold! Not sure of what the hackle was, but it looked liked Cree to me. When I asked him why he wanted a guide since he had been fishing the Upper Sacramento for more years than I had been guiding, he replied " Lad, the only reason I need a guide is to help me in and out of the water, i'm to old to do it on my own" I didn't argue with him because of respect and also because he carried a 357 in his bag!
  20. really? you should do some reading. If you are worried about tying a "Traditional" Adams then cree hackle isn't even on the list. Yes, if it is the right hackle, it will make things easier (?) with black, brown, and white all on the same feather. I have a Whiting "Dark Barred Ginger" cape which has a LOT of what would be called cree feathers by most tiers... barring of white, black, and brown. Without going to the google search, all the references I have found in the past calls for a single Cree hackle and not a mixture. I agree that the fish don' know the difference, I do. So you tie your Adams etc, the way you do and I'll tie in the way I do, neither is right and neither is wrong. The Hackle I have ordered is Whiting Cree, so if they think its Cree and not a Variant, I'll believe them.
  21. Il show you mine if you show me yours! I expect this cape to last me a very long time as I don't dry fly a lot, but then again I feel a trip to the McCloud in my future.....
  22. I've just found a Whiting "Cree" cape for sale and I can't wait to see it. The reason I want a "genuine" one is I like to tie tradition flies and Cree is the only way to tie a Adams! I know the fish won't know the difference. I'll post a picture or two when it arrives next week
  23. I purchased a Metz Cree cock cape, it's ok but not of the best quality. But it looks like a Variant to me, So I am wondering what a true Cree is? Does anyone have a photo or two, or a link showing a close up of a true Cree feather?
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