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The Spring 2015 issue of Trout magazine from Trout Unlimited contains a three-page article by Dave Whitlock on North Country Spiders.
The highlight for me is the full-page illustration.
You can find out more about this illustration on his website:
http://davewhitlock.com/shop/art/north- ... t-hackles/
It is instructive to see the feathers and the flies juxtaposed in this way.
I hope Dave doesn't mind my posting his artwork here. I just couldn't resist sharing it now, just as our spider swap files are arriving from Ray.

Lance - Thank you for bringing this to our attention. What a beautiful illustration. After seeing this, I am planning to buy a print of the illustration from Dave's website. I am a huge fan of Mr. Whitlock and had the pleasure of meeting him at one of the tying shows.

While I was visiting his website, I also found an interesting article he had written on traditional wet flies. This may be of interest to others on this forum too.

OLD SCHOOL: Traditional Wet-Fly Tactics and Patterns
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http ... -Flies.pdf

What a great piece of work. Mr. Whitlock is one of the most pleasant figures in fly fishing I have ever met. A true gentleman and a fabulous artist.

This is great! One of the problems I have is figuring out what a hackle looked like before it was wrapped on the hook. This gave me a chance to study the before and after and do a "this goes here and that ends up there..." comparison.
Thank you for posting it. I'll have to go buy a print for myself.

Kirk

This is a great little illustration. Something you don't see often. Thanks for sharing this, Lance.

Thank you for posting this! I'm definitely going to be visiting Dave's website and ordering a print for the wall!!!!

Cheers,
Gary

Lance,
Awesome illustrations from Dave W.!! I have been a fan of his for years! Thanks for sharing this particular illustration of interest to us all!
Doug