Leisenring

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[b]Another addition (incomplete)

http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page262.html

By-the-by, you may notice that he used cock hackle on some of his nymphs!

Does this offend any soft hackle purists??? :wink:

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iā€™m not a ā€œpuristā€ but iā€™m sure there is a reason for using them

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Hi Don and thanks. I guess youā€™re not done downloading pictures of the flies because I was only able to view the first fly. When you are talking cock hackle do you mean stiff dry fly type hackle?
Bruce

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The man did catch fish. I try never to be offended by something I could be learning from instead.

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as i tye most of my wets and wingless wet with fighting cock necks, i have no way to know if a soft feather would be better. i do use hen hackle for my soft hackle, but i like the way they look. flyman 3

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I tie quite a few wets and nymphs using dry fly hackle for both legs and wet hackling. Especially the Hoffman saddle hackleā€¦it really lends itself nicely to the smaller #18-#22 soft hackles.

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Iā€™ve used some Chinese necks for soft hackles, and they work well. With the finer fibers they give a different look. And, since the fibres are generally stiffer, they provide a different action. Personally, I really like them on bumbles.

  • Jeff
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I ran into the same problem pages 262 and 263 are fine, but the photos are missing for pages 264, 265,266,267,268 &270. I do not know about 269 which is completely missing out of the sequenceā€¦ That photo of your Tupā€™s Nymph, is a real stunning photo, great lighting and depth to the pictureā€¦ ~Parnelli

As regarding Leisenring, he advocated many ā€œoutside the boxā€ ideas for fly fishing.

The Leisenring lift of fishing soft hackle and nymphs down stream.

The Leisenring reverse fly pattern, or as I like to call it the Backxss Caddis as a example of having the head of the pattern at the rear of the hook and the wing at the hooks eye, for a dry caddis pattern. The fish is in the lane facing upstream for offerings coming down stream, the hook is facing downstream beneath the flies head, and the wing is upsteam above the hooks eye. Greatly improves the hookup percentage, and helps to cover areas (under bridge overhangs, or behind the dam walls) that you otherwise would not be able to present correctly.

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Donald,

I often use cockerel hackle on wingless wets I intend to fish in fast water. The somewhat stiffer hackle adds considerable movement much like game bird hackle is softer water. To discover that Leisenring used cock hackle makes perfect sense to me. Though I am not a purist, I think using cock hackle opens up more water to those of us who fish soft hackle flies.

REE

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Donald
I dont find it strange of the use ofd cock hackle on some fly for wets, it does offer a different movement in fast water like REE said and the soft hackle for flys used in slow or soft water or lakes where they can move or take advantage of being soft. I have not been to your sight in a while so I have no comment at this time
Ghost

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Hi Donald: Am I the only one having trouble seeing the photos? Iā€™m only able to view the Tupā€™s. If Iā€™m the only one having problems it must be my computer.
Bruce