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  1. 07-03-2009 03:01 PM #1
    np36
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    Greenwell's Glory

    A wingless wet fly version ... tied but 8 or 10 of these this morning, here are two. Let me know what you all think, and Happy Forth of July!

    JI

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  2. 07-03-2009 08:25 PM #2
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    Those are nice Justin.

    Do you fish wets a lot?

    If the line ain't tight, ya ain't doin it right
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  3. 07-03-2009 08:28 PM #3
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    I'm trying to learn more about doing it. Since joining TPO I've become a lot more proficient with nymphs so I'm trying to explore the "wet ways" and see where it leads me.

    Thanks for looking.

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  4. 07-04-2009 12:07 AM #4
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    Coming along nicely. This is a great fly for fishing. What are you using for hackle? The correct feather makes this fly what it is. It is often difficult to find.

    Mark
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  5. 07-04-2009 12:41 AM #5
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    Mark:

    Tell me what I SHOULD be using! I used some hackle I had here. I'm totally new to this so any help would be great.

    JI
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  6. 07-04-2009 10:38 PM #6
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    There are a multitude of variations on that pattern.

    I would use hen hackle in light brown (mottled) or furnace.

    soft, webby, sparse!!!

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  7. 07-06-2009 04:51 PM #7
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    NP,
    The correct is Greenwell's Hen, but as I said, it's difficult to locate. Furnace will work as will Whiting Brahma Hen dyed a dark ginger. Real Greenwell's is the best, of course.

    I also tie a Greenwell's Flymph

    http://libstudio.com/FS&S/html/greenwell_s_flymph.html

    Mark

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  8. 07-08-2009 12:50 PM #8
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    For a step by step for greenwells spider

    http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/i...sbs&thread=419

    the wet
    http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/i...ay&thread=1873

    and also a step by step to a low riding dry variation from a friend of mine which I can vouch for as being superb...

    http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/i...ay&thread=1864


    A list of some other great SBS available on this site

    http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/i...lay&thread=381

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  9. 07-08-2009 01:24 PM #9
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory

    Thanks for those ... they are great!

    JI
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  10. 07-09-2009 12:25 AM #10
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    Re: Greenwell's Glory


    This fly is one of my all time favorite wet fly patterns. There was a time in the UK that every fly fisher would have known of this fly. Not so today.
    It can be as good as a dry, soft hackle and a nymph.

    Interesting thing also is that the color of the hackle used is related to this fly, same as the coch y bonddu, which l might add is also high on my list as a Brown trout killer.

    The only difference between the two hackles is Greenwell is more a ginger black combination and the CYB a dark red game.

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