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Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:58 am
by ScottP
A Tom Ivens' British stillwater pattern from the 70's. Original fly was tied with a body of gold foil from a milk bottle known as a gold top; at that time the Jersey cows were the ones milked to give the best full cream milk, hence the name Jersey Herd.
hook - Mustad 79580 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - small wire copper
underbody - Uni-stretch orange
body - mylar tinsel copper
tail/shellback/head - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
Regards,
Scott
Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (vatiation)
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:17 am
by daringduffer
Scott - you are a Master of the Art of educating people of our historical heritage. Kudos, as they say.
dd
Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:29 pm
by letumgo
Agreed! I am enjoy seeing these patterns and hearing the history. Another marvelous contribution.
Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (vatiation)
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:58 pm
by William Anderson
daringduffer wrote:Scott - you are a Master of the Art of educating people of our historical heritage. Kudos, as they say.
dd
Same here. I'm too young to have lived through any of these patterns. I've read quite a bit but you constantly bring something new to me. Much appreciated. This has all the markings of a great pattern and those cool 70's & 80's techniques. Beautifully done.
Re: Ivens' Jersey Herd (variation)
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 12:07 am
by Roadkill
Nice fly!!
I think I will have to tie a variation for steelhead as well as a few for trout.