flytire 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2022 more women tyers to google Dame Juliana Berners, Mary Orvis Marbury, Elizabeth Greig, Winnie Dette, Mary Dette Clark, Elsie Darbee, Helen Shaw, Sig Barnes, Megan Boyd, Frances Stearns, Selene Dumaine, Sharon E. Wright, Lisa Weiner, Nicole March, Page Rogers, Cathy Beck, Phillipa Hake, Brita Fordyce and April Vokey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redietz 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, flytire said: more women tyers to google Dame Juliana Berners, Mary Orvis Marbury, Elizabeth Greig, Winnie Dette, Mary Dette Clark, Elsie Darbee, Helen Shaw, Sig Barnes, Megan Boyd, Frances Stearns, Selene Dumaine, Sharon E. Wright, Lisa Weiner, Nicole March, Page Rogers, Cathy Beck, Phillipa Hake, Brita Fordyce and April Vokey. Not all of those women actually originated flies, or if they did, it's not recorded (which doesn't mean they weren't great tyers.) And Dame Juliana may not have even existed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2022 7 hours ago, DarrellP said: I will try an Alice Contract fly. I assume those on her website listed with the prefix "AC" are her originals. I am doing this because I don't want to appear misogynistic. Not with three daughters! Besides , I have long admired her flies. got to flytierspage.com and search her name (Alice Conba, that is) - they will have her picture, bio, and pictures and recipes for many of her patterns. Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2022 If anyone needs some suggestions, I'll be happy to help out. Just notify me here or by PM. Kim If you like a particular type of fly - wet, dry, streamer. nymph, spider,... let me know that as well or I'll just send a mix. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2022 21 hours ago, flytire said: darrell Alice Conba not Contact flies here Alice Conba flies (flytierspage.com) That is the site I was using. I assume the AC prefix means it is her original? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2022 Yep! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redietz 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2022 6 hours ago, DarrellP said: That is the site I was using. I assume the AC prefix means it is her original? They're some pretty nice looking flies, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenlegs 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2022 Is there no women on here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadabout 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2022 I’m in. I’ll do “Northern Lights” by Joni aka Fly Goddess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2022 You think women have better taste than to join us? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2022 Welcome to the swap gadabout from a central NYer! Love to see your tie. Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 9:10 PM, gadabout said: I’m in. I’ll do “Northern Lights” by Joni aka Fly Goddess. gadabout? Any part of Gadabout Gaddis the Flying Fisherman have a part in your screen name? I'm old enough to have looked forward to Gadabout flying into some great fishing spot on our 10"x10" black and white TV. He was my hero back then and men like him and Curt Gowdy and others definitely had an influence on my life 70 years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadabout 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2022 Yes, he was a huge hero of mine too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, gadabout said: he was a huge hero of mine too Holy smokes, that's why you're avatar looks familiar. LOL, I never put 2 and 2 together, what a maroon! Back in my Boy Scout leadership days, every Mother's Day weekend our Troop would make an annual, guided white water rafting trip up to the Kennebec and Dead Rivers and camp at his old airstrip in Bingham along the Kennebec, which is now owned by an outfitter. It was the highlight of the year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2022 Right now I have 7 pairs of these soft hackles originally tied by Deb Paskalll and on her tube page. Red butt with a twist on tail section and Silver on silver with SLF thorax. Since I had a good supply of mottled brown hen hackle I used what she did but might do some variants for my own box besides these originals. And just for fun a size 20 CDC blue special. Blue dun puff for tail, Small blue wire wrap bod, CDC tip for wing. I'm believe the gills will love this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites