Here are a few old flies and their box I found the other day.
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Some old flies and box
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Posts: 675 03/11/2009 15:40 |
Interesting old-timey wet flies. The box is actually for soaking coiled-up gut leaders - that's why it's round.
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Posts: 42 03/16/2009 18:06 |
I like old flies, and I've collected a lot of them. They are often found in such leader (soaking) cases. That's good, they usually have a tight seal
and could protect old flies from bugs and moisture and light. They're probably worth more as mementos and conversation pieces -- real jungle cock eye, big
gaudy bass flies -- fun to look at.
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Posts: 163 03/16/2009 18:26 |
I like old flies, too. They're icons of our sport and craft; always interesting. I lucked into a collecttion of A&F and Mills flies a couple years ago.
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Posts: 240 03/16/2009 19:18 |
Nice flies. Those are the real thing. Here are a few pages from a Mills catalog.
Can't remember the date. 1920s sometime I think. I've got the another 20-30 pages scanned and hiding on a dvd somewhere. Someday I'll get the whole catalog online. http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/Fly-Tying/Mills-and-Son/plate-2b.html
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Posts: 164 03/16/2009 20:03 |
Thanks for the catalog link. There's some great history there. |
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