I have an old tying book from 1940 or so that has a listed pattern for both the parmachene belle and the parmachene beau. It is a basic book that was part of "The Barnes Dollar Sports Library" called HOW TO TIE FLIES. Original price in 1940 was $1. The book also came with an insert called the A.B.C. method for fly tyers from The Fishcrafters. The Parma.Belle is also listed there as a standard pattern of the day. (I don't know any info on the pamphlet). The patterns listed in the book are as follows:
Tag: peacock herl Tail: scarlet and white Ribs: gold Body: Yellow floss or mohair Hackle: scarlet and white Wings: scarlet and white (P-Belle) or scarlet, White jungle cock (P-beau). It also has some low quality pictures of each as well.
Actually, it is a cool little book with some flies that I would like to try to tie just for fun (like the cow dung). There are 334 patterns listed in table form in the back. If you have any questions on it, let me know and I'll try to help if I can.
Last edited by ol' blue; 03-03-2009 at 02:10 AM.
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