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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by BirkyDucks[/i] [br]Green drake dun Hook ;Tiemco 5212 #8 and #10 Tail:moose mane long and sparse Body:creamy with a touch of mint color I use caucis dubbing and Phil baldachino dubbing . Wings; a genourous clump of flourecent yellow calftail upright and divided . Hackel ;silver or golden badger tied full about 15 to 20 wraps . Green Drake Spinner [Coffin fly] Hook ;Tiemco 5212 #8 and #10 Tail ; Moose mane tied long and sparse Body :I used to use dubbing but after a year or so in youre box it turns an ugly gray offwhite color . I had some thin foam sheets in white so I cut them to 1/8" strips and wrapped them on for the body They are realy a bright white compared to the rest of the fly and they should not turn to grey . Wigs;Mallard flank tied upright and divided splayed out slightly . Hackel ;GOLD OR SILVER BADGER TIED FULL ABOUT 15 OR 20 WRAPS . yOU CAN TIE THEM WITH JUST THE SPENT WING BUT i SEEM TO DO BETTER WITH THE UPRIGHT CATSKILL STYLE .Tye some up they should be on by the time the camping trip comes [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.