In deference to bob9 I’m starting the thread early. In deference to Gigmaster I’ve chosen another historic theme; classic winged bass flies. Dr. James Henshall wrote The Book of the Black Bass in 1881 and revised it several times into the 20th century. It is available as a free PDF download here Book of the black bass by James A. Henshall | Open Library and other places. See the image, below, for Dr. Henshall’s Four Favorite Flies (although there is apparently too many swords in the tail of the Henshall). If you have other sources for classic bass flies feel free to share.
1.) gmac209 -The Montreal - Received
2.) Bob9 - The Oriole - Received
3.) Captain Mortis - Ondawa - Received
4.) Rick Z - The Butcher - Received
5.) BillHouk - The Henshall - Received
6.) Gigmaster - The Bemis - Received
7.) Sjo - Crystal Bugger
8.) Icemanxxv - Green Mantel - Received
9.) Chris - Abbey
10.) Albasurf - Gagnon
11.) Branhap - (MIA)
12.) roadhog - (Withdrawn) - Received
13.) jwb1977 - Wyanoke
Jwb brought up an important point. Some of the materials used in the original patterns are no longer available or may be illegal. Feel free to substitute as necessary.
Is it a problem if i want to tie the same fly as another tier?? I found 2 that are probably in my tying ability but both are spoken for already. The Oriole or the Butcher. I am not very good at tying winged flies and these 2 look like I can do either of them. The Montreal and The winged gold ribbed hares ear look good also. got all these off the Global fly fishers web site. Classic wet flies and Classic bass and lake flies sub forums. thanx
Shad Clark.
