Dark Bloas and a missing page

Fly Patterns
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Here is the missing page from Brook & River Trouting on the Archive copy.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL170/1740968/22004692/363766267.jpg

Jeff
I have found some variations for you to try when
you get back to the tying bench.
These are a couple of Dark Bloas from Roberts Dictionary.
Dark Bloa 1
Hook - 14 to 16
Silk - Red-brown [dark claret]
Tail - [Optional] 2 black cock hackle fibres
Body - Tying silk.
Hackle - Dark feather from moorhen wing.

Dark Bloa 2 [Fogg]
Hook -14 to 16
Silk - Dark claret or brown
Body - Dark claret seal’s fur
Hackle - Dark grey hackle from a jackdaws throat
or a black hen hackle.

Fogg believed the Broughtons Point and
the Dark Bloa were essentialy the same fly.

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Thanks Donald! Great finds for both of those. I’ve borrowed a vice, and have some black, yellow, and purple thread, my dyed wool, and a few feathers I’ve found by the road. I don’t quite clarets, but the purple can be tried in a pinch. I’ve copied the dressings into a file I’m keeping of variations, so I’ll be able to try them when I get back to Canada, where I have more materials.

  • Jeff