tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post8468555494375924191..comments2021-12-07T06:09:05.799-05:00Comments on SOFT HACKLES, TIGHT LINES: August Brown; or, August DunNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800750418606011894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post-53554164901333713592015-08-24T16:26:38.847-04:002015-08-24T16:26:38.847-04:00Neil, in your capacity as a historian, I think it ...Neil, in your capacity as a historian, I think it best that you play it on the strict side, which serves to help us not forget the origin of these flies. And many are interested in that. As mine is the journal of one soft-hackler's contemporary journey, I probably don't discuss the old flies enough on my blog. But then, we have you for that.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Best<br /><br />Steve Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280854382082925888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post-18435854021314682742015-08-24T11:01:43.633-04:002015-08-24T11:01:43.633-04:00Thank you for sharing, Steve! To be totally honest...Thank you for sharing, Steve! To be totally honest, this patterning shows up with some variation in many of the texts, though often under a different name and, not uncommonly, as a March Brown. I feel that I'm sometimes too strict in my definition of what a particular pattern might be, but it's fascinating to hear how it's put to use in it's natural habitat. Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800750418606011894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post-60134158316995955512015-08-24T10:59:21.510-04:002015-08-24T10:59:21.510-04:00I very much appreciate it - it performed on some G...I very much appreciate it - it performed on some Great Smoky Mountains rainbows and specks last week!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800750418606011894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post-71564452640996357612015-08-23T01:35:22.215-04:002015-08-23T01:35:22.215-04:00Neil, there is nothing new under this sun. It is i...Neil, there is nothing new under this sun. It is interesting that the old flies are sometimes reinvented by the unschooled. In the early 1970's, as a kid with no knowledge of this fly, under the influence of AOTWF, I ribbed a soft-hackle hare's ear with twisted yellow floss to produce a nearly identical pattern, hackled with welsumer brahma hen, a ringer for European red grouse. In the north country of the Far West, half a world away from the North Country of the UK, this fly makes a great searcher pattern, as it serves to simulate a number of insects, including: little brown stone, little yellow stone, skwala, March brown, & also an epeorus that emerges in late July/August, possibly a cousin of the UK's August Dun. It kills on freestone streams, & #8-#10 covers a number of medium-sized stonefly species. <br /><br />Beautiful flies & interesting history. Thank you for posting these.<br /><br />Steve Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280854382082925888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336153333127516543.post-71288637348725001012015-08-18T05:58:20.437-04:002015-08-18T05:58:20.437-04:00Neil, this fly looks great. Neil, this fly looks great. Brk Trthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677442640158367831noreply@blogger.com