This is the part of the book where Skues describes the different styles.
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Historic English fly tying styles.
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Ron Eagle Elk
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Dang it, Bill. Now I have to go back and read the book again. So much information in those older books, so quickly forgotten as we age.
"A man may smile and bid you hale yet curse you to the devil, but when a good dog wags his tail he is always on the level"
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Ron,
I am doing the same, digging into the old books again. I find it all fascinating, the history, the procurement of materials and of course the arcane terms referring to colour or shade. For instance Puce for grayish, reddish brown,Azure for sky blue and my favorite Esterhazy for silver grey! THANKS BILL
I am doing the same, digging into the old books again. I find it all fascinating, the history, the procurement of materials and of course the arcane terms referring to colour or shade. For instance Puce for grayish, reddish brown,Azure for sky blue and my favorite Esterhazy for silver grey! THANKS BILL
In sport,method is everything.The more the skill the method calls for,the higher it’s yield of emotional stir and satisfaction,the higher it’s place must be in a sportsman’s scale of values. RODERICK HAIG-BROWN
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Lou,
As a fly tyer dyer I’ve had to look up those colors. The word puce means flea in French.I dyed both light and dark puce. The colors are based on the the back and belly of a flea. The dye recipes are more than 200 years old.
http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot. ... olour.html
As a fly tyer dyer I’ve had to look up those colors. The word puce means flea in French.I dyed both light and dark puce. The colors are based on the the back and belly of a flea. The dye recipes are more than 200 years old.
http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot. ... olour.html
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Puce dyed hackle.
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Ron Eagle Elk
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Bill, Thank you for that fascinating bit of information. I love history.
"A man may smile and bid you hale yet curse you to the devil, but when a good dog wags his tail he is always on the level"