A fly from 7 decades ago

[OldBear]

Hello guy's and gal's. Here's a classic fly that I tied and hope you like it. This is Polly Rosborough Casual Dress Nymph.

OldBear

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I got to fish with Polly several times, a long time ago. He was an interesting old guy and I was just a college kid with a fly rod. Watching Polly tie was an amazing thing to me at the time. The things he did with thin dubbing still amaze me.

[Byron haugh]

Can you fix your photo link? It doesn't show up

[Skip48]

Can you fix your photo link? It doesn't show up

Ditto, would love to see it!

Skip

[kbproctor]

I think this is it.



Now, how about a recipe?

[Steve Molcsan]

That is a very interesting tie,would love to see after it is wet..
A real fish catcher for sure..

Can you describe the materials...

[hap]

I will be curious to see the recipe, not because it is a test, but because I know exactly how Polly tied them in quantity and there are a number of variations out there.

Polly used felted muskrat back fur for the dubbing. It is darker and has lots of "character" guard hairs in it.
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[OldBear]

The tail is muskrat, The abdomen is the fine dubbing from the muskrat, the thorax is the same and I used black ostrich herl for the head. Its a muskrat that was trapped a few years ago. I only try and use natural things to tie my flies Hope I have not upset anyone. Tight lines.

OldBear

[ScottP]

Love that fly; thanks for trotting it out again. Here's a decent tutorial:
http://www.flyfishohio.com/Casual_Dress_Nymph.htm

Regards,
Scott

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Old Bear,

Love the fly. Well done. I prefer using natural materials myself, which is why most of the patterns I fish are a couple hundred years old. Thanks for sharing that one.

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