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    Default Off the wall

    Maybe that's where I'm coming from but is anyone, except me, interested in promoting a "subculture" that devotes itself to fly recipes that use no synthetic materials. A singular exception might be the thread, nylon vs silk. My thesis is probably based on my age since I started tying right after
    WW II, before there were synthetics. A theme could be: "If the material never walked, flew or grew on the ground you can't use it." (smile)

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    I tried that, but I got sick and tired carving those bone hooks.
    Donald Nicolson (Scotland)

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    I had a helluva time tying those river pebbles on the hook when doing a clouser...
    I flyfish the salt because the voices in my head tell me to...

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    Hello Ray, I for one am all for joining your subculture. I've even used cotton thread for tying. To start things rolling, do you have something you use in place of tinsel?

    Cheers,

    MontanaMoose

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    I came into flytying long after you did. I am so used to using snythetics that I am not sure that I could tie without them.
    I due use alot of natural furs and feathers, but I do lke some flash of many of my flies.

    Rick

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