pattern recipe

[flytire 0]

i'm looking for an old colorado dry fly pattern called "henshaws old faithful"

 

its a caddis dry fly that uses a greenish pheasant body feather laid flat on top for a wing

 

i have exhausted GOOGLE & BING search engines looking for a pic or recipe

 

if you have knowledge about this fly could you please let me know. if not, please dont speculate what the recipe might be.

 

thanks

 

norm

 

 

[carlp5351 0]

Here you go, I got the recipie from Terry with Anglers All. This was a main stay in my box for many years. Anglers All still stocks this fly in there bins

 

Hook:Std Dry Fly

Thread: Olive or black

Tail: Fibers from green pheasant chruch window feather

Body: #901 peacock green chenille

Wing: Green church window feaher, tied in flat wing style

Hackle: Light blue dun hackle

 

carlp

[flytire 0]

thanks carl, looks like the one i'm looking for

 

they still have them at anglers all? i havent been there in ages!

[carlp5351 0]

Norm

 

I made a mistake on the hook, it is tied on a 2xl dry fly hook. The shop is still going strong.

 

 

carlp

[carlp5351 0]

Here are some pic's of the fly. I'm also adding to the databse

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Druce 0]

that pattern looks fantastic! the wing gives a great impression of the patterned wings on moths and caddis, very cool.

 

Druce