I enjoy seeing old fishing gear and especially stuff that I used yrs ago. My friend Gary donated a couple boxes of old lures and flies to me and I had fun recollecting using some of the stuff. What I am going to attempt is 'box' framing some of the tackle so I can hang it on my wall.
ONE fly got my attention and that was a streamer with a woven body (yellow/white) and matching hackle. The fly is old but the woven body is in fine shape. All I have to do is replace the hackle.
There is only one fly I ever customized and that was a Royal Coachman streamer I bought at Diamond Lake, 30 yrs ago. The RCS had polar bear for the wing, but the fly was tied terrible. I separated the polar bear hair and installed it on my own RCS. I was picky back then too!
I would like to ask, is any one out there ever restored old flies for mounting or any other reason????
Thanks,
Doug