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Mark,
Do you posess that fly? Have only seen photos of it. Great, timeless fly.

Thank you Steven.

Sans Wings:


http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/byhaugh/IMG_4805_zps6a3ecd94.jpg

NJ:
I think that is true. I just couldn't resist adding wings.
I think the definition of a "Variant" is just what you say with the additional aspect that the tail is also longer than a "standard"...

Thanks Steven,
If you scroll down on page 2 of this thread I posted about the Whitcraft fly, you will see that I posted what I called a "Variant of the Whitcraft". It was basically the same fly,...

On a different thread, there was some discussion of the term "variant" as applied to fly tying.

I am reading an old book by Jim Quick, called "Trout Fishing and Trout Flies", published in 1957.
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