Bill Blades was indeed ahead of his time. Thread and , was it Ducco cement, for the extended bodies. It was he who inspired Poul Jorgensen to tie realistics, such as his Michigan Mayfly..Poul spoke highly of Bill and always gave him credit for certain techniques he used and then expanded on. Poul corrected me one time when I had written an article and given credit to the reversed hackle leg to P.J., Poul, telling me later that it was something he had learned from Bill. I was unaware Schwiebert learned tying from him too I would have to research that a bit. Interesting. Of course all three of these gentlemen are gone now. Never really knew Bill but did see a lot of Poul and Ernie. Where did the time go.....