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  1. Thread: Mary Dette

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    paff: In general what I think you will find is...

    paff:

    In general what I think you will find is that the "old-school" tyers from the Catskill Region tied their dry flies with larger and thinner hackle collars, longer wings, longer tails and...
  2. Thread: Mary Dette

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    OK then, here's one: If they tailored the fly...

    OK then, here's one:

    If they tailored the fly to the insect, then why on God's Green Earth did they use Woodduck for the wings of a Hendrickson or Gordon Quill? ...
  3. Thread: Mary Dette

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    Allan, If she's at the Rendezvous grab my arm...

    Allan,

    If she's at the Rendezvous grab my arm when you ask..please http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif. C'ya then.
  4. Thread: Mary Dette

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    Allan...yep. Bigger, sparser hackle, longer...

    Allan...yep. Bigger, sparser hackle, longer tails, wings are set farther back and, too, are longer. To name a few.

    I wonder..have you ever asked Mary what she thinks about the modernized...
  5. Thread: Mary Dette

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    Allan, I'm not seeing it. Would you be sure...

    Allan,

    I'm not seeing it. Would you be sure to point it out to me when we gather in Roscoe next month?

    I have shivers and goosebumps lookng at them.....
  6. Thread: Mary Dette

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    Sorry Guys..A-S-S u&me again! ...

    Sorry Guys..A-S-S u&me again!
    [url=http://www.danica.com/flytier/mdette/mdette.htm:9391f]http://www.danica.com/flytier/mdette/mdette.htm[/url:9391f]

    Turle knot! Of course! I don't use one so...
  7. Thread: Mary Dette

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    Mary Dette

    Awesome Hans. Simply awesome. Perhaps "chilling" is the word.

    Here's a question I've always had: What is the rationale for leaving the gap of bare hook shank between the eye and thread head?
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