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Posts: 206 04/14/2009 22:30	Tags : None You dont see them much now-adays, the old double slips of mallard. A quick look through any old dry fly picture book shows all Catskill drys tyed with them though. Darbee and Dette listed all quill slips as "double divided", so I figured it was time to man it up and figure out how to do these without ending up with a 4 winged fly. The trick it seems, is to use a narrow slip rather than the fatter ones you see on wet flies. I was getting all frustrated until I realized making them thin is the way to keep them under control. That and having matched quills to work with. Here are a few I did tonight, a Lady Beaverkill and a Pale Evening Dun. Anybody have any tips or tricks to share on tying these? CJ Last Edited By: catskilljohn 04/14/2009 22:39. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 724 04/14/2009 23:35	Hi Guys, I don't. I did see the Seattle fly tier Roy Patrick in his shop in the late '60's tying some Ginger Quills using double divided slips. He was really good at it. It's a lost art no doubt. It's lost on me anyway, although maybe I should try it. Roy Patrick was a heck of a nice guy. I needed scissors and he was out. He didn't bat an eye he gave me a pair from his desk to use 'til he got some. I bought a pair from him later. I still have them. I use them for rod wrapping now. Jay Edwards
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Posts: 15 04/15/2009 07:18	Very nice CJ
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Posts: 725 04/15/2009 11:25	Hi Guys, Oh, Beautiful flies! Jay Edwards
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Posts: 294 04/16/2009 09:11	Wings have always been my downfall, If I get them on, they screw up my hackle, if iget the hackle right i invariably screw up the wing. Oh welltrout like cripples better anyway. Not to hijack the post but I have switched over to tying almost all of my "catskill" dries without any wing at all, just hackle. I have not noticed any hesitation by the trout in taking them and my rise rate seems to be the same. What others thoughts on dry fly wings in general, are they necesary, for appearance, balance or action? Or are they simply ornamentation that the fish care not one wit about?? Beutiful flies, I am truly envious of anyone who can tie flies in this manner, I have tried for years, the no wing thing is just me recognizing I will never be in those ranks and surrendering to the inevitable. I could afford the high blood pressure and extended bouts of refined obscenity laden rhetoric when I was young, now it is beginning to scare the kids.
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