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While surfing the internet last week, I came across an excellent Spider Fly reference list. The reference sheets were created by John Shaner (Greenwell), who offers them to people who attend his presentation at the Fly Shows.

SPIDER FLY RESOURCES: UPDATED (2017 version): UPDATED (2018 version): LATEST UPDATE (2019 Version): Thanks John, for giving me permission to share these on the forum. These are excellent reference documents.

Ray,
Thank you for posting these listings! They are fantastic and now available to us with just the click of a button!
John, as always, many thanks for creating these! Your work and knowledge in this area is simply awesome and I am always glad to see you post items here on the forum!
Excuse me as I return to the listings,
Dougsden

John and Ray, many thanks for the pdf’s

Excellent references, many thanks to John.

But I want to add one more place to the list: the Catskill Flyfishing Center & Museum, which has been of one of my best resources for finding old materials. Many people leave items to the museum, and some of them are put up for sale in the store.

Recently, I have picked up Piersal‘s silk, a few old hooks, snipe wings, brown owl, seal and heron to name but a few. Last year I found a bunch of spools of white silk from Reed tackle, size 6/0and 8/0 unused!

It’s a great institution, every dollar spent there helps them, and ultimately US out.

Dana

I've uploaded the most recent update to the first post in this thread (bottom of list).

Thanks John, for sharing this terrific resource. Very much appreciated.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Bumping for Ron, due to interest in leader formulas. John’s formula is one of the best I’ve used (see download above).