Best Book for PA Fly fishing
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Acristickid
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TB- not sure.
It was pictured in the book in black and white.
If it mentioned the materials, I don't recollect it. I turned the book back in, if I stop by the library and remember I'll look and see.
It was pictured in the book in black and white.
If it mentioned the materials, I don't recollect it. I turned the book back in, if I stop by the library and remember I'll look and see.
"Rising Trout" says Harvey tied it with pale-green-dyed deer hair, which is then clipped. (The book notes that Ray Bergman tied his using cork.) These patterns are floaters, not underwater flies like today's Green Weenie.
In Harvey's memoir collected by Dan Shields, "George Harvey: Memories, Tactics, and Patterns," on p.22 a Green Inchworm is described as being tied from green or chartreuse deer hair, closed cell foam, or lacquered green cork. This is a dry fly. On p. 24, he describes a Green Weenie which he notes that he first tied back in 1934 or 35. For this he used green chenille but that he says he "now ties from fluorescent chartreuse chenille." This is his underwater version.
As an afterthought: Both of these books are wonderful looks back at earlier times in PA -- they are fly-fishing books that you might want to add to your fly-fishing libraries.
In Harvey's memoir collected by Dan Shields, "George Harvey: Memories, Tactics, and Patterns," on p.22 a Green Inchworm is described as being tied from green or chartreuse deer hair, closed cell foam, or lacquered green cork. This is a dry fly. On p. 24, he describes a Green Weenie which he notes that he first tied back in 1934 or 35. For this he used green chenille but that he says he "now ties from fluorescent chartreuse chenille." This is his underwater version.
As an afterthought: Both of these books are wonderful looks back at earlier times in PA -- they are fly-fishing books that you might want to add to your fly-fishing libraries.
dryflyguy
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One of the first flies I learned to tie in my class, was an inch worm tied with chartreuse colored deer hair. And it did float. That was before the green weenie became popular
Acristickid
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Took a look over Meck's guide to Mid-Atlantic streams. Last night. He frames the book as some lesser known streams to consider because so many of our famous waters experience crowds. He also asserts that there are many more fly anglers these days - as of 1997.
Okay book. I don't get all huffy over his descriptions like some- he does admit he tries to find out as much as he can about the streams. He does rate these streams on a 1-10 scale which based on a half dozen of the streams in the book I have fished seem pretty accurate.
Probably 2 streams in PA that peaked my interest.
Next up Aaron Jaspers book. More of a how too book. Can't wait till to get out instead of reading about our passion.
Okay book. I don't get all huffy over his descriptions like some- he does admit he tries to find out as much as he can about the streams. He does rate these streams on a 1-10 scale which based on a half dozen of the streams in the book I have fished seem pretty accurate.
Probably 2 streams in PA that peaked my interest.
Next up Aaron Jaspers book. More of a how too book. Can't wait till to get out instead of reading about our passion.
