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I am plovered. Well, soon enow. Golden plover is in mail from Great Feathers, and I sit by mailbox here in California. This softie thing is out of control.

I am told by a soft hackle addict, historian and most excellent fisherman who I shant name here, John Shaner, House of Hardy, that this golden thing may tie up a fine PMD emerger. Just what I need. For when I hit Lyons, CO, in a month this pattern may come in handy.

I would assume the plover is all over this site -- any suggestions where I might look? Anyone have a pattern to share with me? Thanks in advance.

Thanks Mike.

I'll attest that a Hare's Lug and Plover makes a great PMD emerger (not to mention sulfurs).

Wunderful gents, many thanks.

One facet of softies and the tying thereof -- sorry, my pet name for such flies -- is consideration of the feather. Much more so than the tyer who ties only the dry fly. As I was for many years. I always carried a flymph or two, but usually used them in lake fishing, something I seldom do anymore. I recall snagging bass and nice bluegills, here and there, using a #14, long-shanked (Mustad SE 9674, love that hook), brownish, shaggy thing. It slayed. When I used it. But my soft hackle selection expertise was as limited as "Here's an olive hen back, try this," from a guy in a shop.

In the dry side we think about barb stiffness and count, stemness too -- but the softie thing, the colors, the flexibility, the availability. The history. Can't wait to examine the plover.

Will post fly shots when ready. Thanks again.

Good luck 'Kuni.
The Spur winged Plover down here is a go to bird for soft hackles for our little mayflies. A lovely greyish dun. Very sexy.

Be this bird's skin available?

Try Steve Cooper,
Cookshill Fly Tying
Stoke UK

http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/

Thank you, Roy.

And btw, I am officially plovered, by mail. It's a beautiful thing. And they gave me the upper half of the damn head, too.

The feathers are extremely interesting things, and upon examination in the sunlight of my porch I instantly understood its value to the fly tier. It's a marvelous feather. I began to tie that afternoon (Friday). My first results were satisfying, and after lining up the flies (lug and plover, and others) on champagne corks I use for finished flies and after gazing contentedly at a ring of my first plover soft hackles, I took my hemos and placed them home, into the fly box. They will emerge in Colorado, first week of August.

Many thnks for all advice and counsel, gents. I spur on.

Hi Flykuni,

My golden plover comes from cookshill

http://www.flymphforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... r%E2%80%A6

This is my holospider. When I fish with more than one fly there will be most of the time a holospider one of them.