Re: Origin of the Scraggly?
I remember an article in Fly Fisherman about the Scraggly. Late '80s maybe?
It was created by Russ Ryder to fish in the Housatonic or maybe the Farmington
I believe it was palmered with starling, not grizzly hackle and only clipped short on one side
Making it... scraggly
I may be wrong... I often am
When I have a chance I'll see if I can find the article
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