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Hi there,
Someone has given me some landrail substitute wings. What are the classic patterns using landrail, does anyone know?

Andrew.

Andrew - Do a quick search on "landrail" using the search box at the upper right corner of the screen. There are quite a few references to landrail subs in other threads.

Here is a link to a pattern that I tye with landrail sub:
http://www.flymphforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... ndrail#p15

Not a true classic, but hopefully at least classy.

letumgo wrote:
Here is a link to a pattern that I tye with landrail sub:
http://www.flymphforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... ndrail#p15

Not a true classic, but hopefully at least classy.

Thanks Ray - very classy indeed!

Will do the search - have a play then post photos of the resulting flies, hopefully!

andrew.

Stewart's Red Spider

"The Red Spider should be made of the small feather taken from the outside of the wing of th landrail, dressed with yellow silk, and is deserving of a very high rank, particularly in coloured water."

CM_Stewart wrote:Stewart's Red Spider

"The Red Spider should be made of the small feather taken from the outside of the wing of th landrail, dressed with yellow silk, and is deserving of a very high rank, particularly in coloured water."

That's the one!! I knew I'd seen a well known pattern recently that used landrail, thanks.

From the book of Leslee Magee:

The list of Swarbrick:

Large Sun Flie Take the feather ought of the inside of a Land Rale wing ringe silk and peacock Harl (no 27)

In the list of page 51 he speaks of the Land rail or Corncrake. Does anyone knows the latin name of the Landrail?

In the list of Jim Wynns Flies there are two patterns 17 and 41 If you don't have the list send me a PM and i will send you the PDF.

Greeting

Ruard - I think the latin name is "Crex crex" (I could be wrong though)

Crex crex
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx

I know the corncrake, and have even seen one once! On the isle of Coll, (off west coast of Scotland) a long time ago. I didn't realise that Landrail and corncrake were the same bird.

Andrew.

letumgo wrote:Ruard - I think the latin name is "Crex crex" (I could be wrong though)

Thank you I now know the Dutch name is : Kwartelkoning.

Greeting

Probably more than you wanted to know...


http://www.corncrake.net/Download/europ ... n_plan.pdf