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Per original instructions - including counter wrapped ribbing.


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Jay,
I think that you are correct.

By the way, I believe the Whitcraft was devised to imitate a Mahogany Dun. Not sure of that, but I think that is correct.

Allan,
Not sure and don't really care. I just enjoy tying specific patterns and trying different material with a given pattern.
The difference it makes is _______________???


var?i?ant...

This variant of the Whitcraft tied with a counter wrap of fine gold wire.


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I was about to mention the same thing. There are several "old timers" who asked a tier to tie a certain pattern and then named it. I think, in those old days, the "men of means" who fished weren't...

Here is the passage, you can judge for yourself if it was Martinez or Carmicheal.

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You're right, and the pattern calls for that. Just my habit, I guess.

Arnie
here is this one's recipe
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Thanks Arnie,
Jesse: Went back and found gold wire. It is not fine enough though. But, in this one, you might see the body better.

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I am tying some old fly patterns from a book of old patterns I have. I didn't do justice to this one because I only had mylar tinsel instead of fine gold wire for ribbing.
I think it is a very...