Body and rib-Purple silk
Hackle-Cock Pheasant neck feather
B0019273 by William Lovelace, on FlickrPurple Midge
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Purple Midge
Hook-Mustad 3906 #14
Body and rib-Purple silk
Hackle-Cock Pheasant neck feather
B0019273 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Body and rib-Purple silk
Hackle-Cock Pheasant neck feather
B0019273 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Last edited by Roadkill on Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Oh, man, excellent fly & photo! You even captured the iridescent color of the hackle. I know from experience, that is not easy to do. Kudos...
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Re: Purple Midge
A very nice dressing, where did you get it from?
or is it your own?
The only version I can find at the moment, is from Turton's book,
and it has a body of black dubbing.
Whether this means the whole body or just a thorax, I am not sure.
Here is Turton's recipe:-
Silk: Purple.
Body: Black Dubbing.
Hackle: Blue cock pheasant neck feather.
I'll have to try both, if I can.
or is it your own?
The only version I can find at the moment, is from Turton's book,
and it has a body of black dubbing.
Whether this means the whole body or just a thorax, I am not sure.
Here is Turton's recipe:-
Silk: Purple.
Body: Black Dubbing.
Hackle: Blue cock pheasant neck feather.
I'll have to try both, if I can.
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Beautiful.....
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CAUSE, it don't mean a thing, if it aint got that swing.....
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Re: Purple Midge
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I got it out of the Turton chapter on The Angler's Manual in Nemes Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies earlier today when I was looking for a reference on split thread tying for Hans. This was a fly on my to do list to tie and fish so I started making some. I don't know the way the list of flies are described if they came out of Turton or Magee's Fly Fishing: The North Country Tradition. I don't have either book.
In any event I added some dark Mole dubbing to cover your two Turton variations. Thanks!! I think I'll try a 3 fly cast test next year. 
B0019274 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
B0019275 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
I got it out of the Turton chapter on The Angler's Manual in Nemes Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies earlier today when I was looking for a reference on split thread tying for Hans. This was a fly on my to do list to tie and fish so I started making some. I don't know the way the list of flies are described if they came out of Turton or Magee's Fly Fishing: The North Country Tradition. I don't have either book.
In any event I added some dark Mole dubbing to cover your two Turton variations.
Thanks!! I think I'll try a 3 fly cast test next year. B0019274 by William Lovelace, on FlickrB0019275 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
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Re: Purple Midge
Roadkill, Howdy;
Beautiful tyes.... Both winners for me, not one better than the other this go 'round...
hank
Beautiful tyes.... Both winners for me, not one better than the other this go 'round...
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Great ties and nice pics. The mole is a nice variation. What kind of silk are you using?
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The bottom one is outstanding! Just the perfect amount of dubbing. Both are beautifully tyed.
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Re: Purple Midge
The patterns and photography on this site just keep getting better, and this post ups the bar yet again.
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Re: Purple Midge
Purple Pearsall's Gossamer.William Anderson wrote: What kind of silk are you using?