Greenwell Spiders

[DUBBN]

Wayne,

A fish magnet! Did you use a WFC hook?

Thanks- Ken

I did, Ken. I used a model 7 WFC, nymph hook.

[letumgo]

I’m impressed that you typed a size 18 with the 4B hen. Did you wrap the hackle, or use bundled hackle fibers?

Lovely pattern Wayne.

[Mike62]

I love waxing silk with cobblers wax, it never comes out the same twice.

...which, I guess, if we're shooting for consistency, is a bad thing.

But I don't care.

[Theroe]

That’s a very nice pattern – Greenwells is a real favorite of mine, although a true Greenwells cape is not the easiest thing to find, as is most good hackle.

[DUBBN]

I’m impressed that you typed a size 18 with the 4B hen. Did you wrap the hackle, or use bundled hackle fibers?

Lovely pattern Wayne.

Thank you, Ray. I wrapped it. The hackles at the size of a 4B cape really do not show the black at the center of the feather very well. I could go down to a size 20, but I have better hackle for that.

That’s a very nice pattern – Greenwells is a real favorite of mine, although a true Greenwells cape is not the easiest thing to find, as is most good hackle.

Thank you.

[Bazzer69]

Dubbn, I also use a whitings 4b, but I understand some use cock hackle, what is your view on this?
Barry F

[DUBBN]

Dubbn, I also use a whitings 4b, but I understand some use cock hackle, what is your view on this?
Barry F

Unless it's a hackle on a Woolly Bugger, my wet patterns use hen or gamebird.