Hi Davie, the method you used tying this fly is the method i was shown 66 years ago by a gentleman who win the scottish brown trout championship in 1968. I fished with great success with these flies yet. Including the Grouse and Orange that i got from a bottle of Grouse whisky about 40 years ago which is a great night fly for the browns. Cheers, Big Davie.
Fascinating video. Great to hear the history around your patterns and tying experience. I've tried to copy this way of doing the dubbing but find it tricky and resort back to twisting the dubbing onto the thread. Amazing you caught a kelt on it. Thanks for a great video.🤙🙂🏴
Had to tie up a few after watching both this and the Salmon video. I hate wasting material so the wing is great for those larger feathers. Red Grouse hackles are underrated.
Hi davie I tied my first March browns with grouse as well because I didn’t have partridge or hen pheasant I called it a dark March brown I learned the fly tying basics at doon academy in 86.
Fantastic again Davie. Do you think these days it's the fly that catches the angler more than the fish? As back in the days when no Internet or magazines they use to catch fish using live insects n horse tail hair for lines
Davie, great pattern, in regard to skins any advice to prepping them would be helpful, I get a number of wild pheasants every shooting season, I save the cock tails but would like to do more.
Hi darz3, I have to be honest I've never prepared a skin myself, if I do get a bird from someone that shoots I normally remove the feathers I need and give them a good wash to make sure there's nothing on them.. I found a video on TH-cam which I feel is very good and shows how to cure the skins for tying flies so I have attached a link to it for you to see...I'm glad you liked the fly.. th-cam.com/video/ILaaKXPoor8/w-d-xo.html All the very best Davie
Hi Mike, It's a Red Grouse and as far as I believe it is the one used on the famous bottle of Grouse...I have attached a link to the one I have.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_grouse All the very best Davie
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks….so very much like the ones we have here with plumage very similar to the summer plumage of ours which go almost entirely white in winter!
Hi Mr. McPhail! I want to initially thank you for another video lesson! I'm very interested in studying the most traditional forms of tying (though I'm still a noob), but I have failed to understand something: there was a inadequacy between hackle and wings or just the wings? Would it be the proper wing material and contrast? (I apologize if you've already mentioned it in another video; if so, I'll certainly catch up at some point!)
Brings back lots of happy memories of my first dabble in fly tying Davy my grandfather taught me when I was six years old. I am 72 now . I have tied every day since then even if its only one fly. Thanks for the video regards Robbie 👍
The tying techniques are indispensable. Pure class.
Hi Davie, the method you used tying this fly is the method i was shown 66 years ago by a gentleman who win the scottish brown trout championship in 1968. I fished with great success with these flies yet. Including the Grouse and Orange that i got from a bottle of Grouse whisky about 40 years ago which is a great night fly for the browns. Cheers, Big Davie.
Aha, Pearsall's tying silk! That's why the yellow color looked so bright, those old silks are hard to beat! 👍🏻👍🏻
Fascinating video. Great to hear the history around your patterns and tying experience. I've tried to copy this way of doing the dubbing but find it tricky and resort back to twisting the dubbing onto the thread. Amazing you caught a kelt on it. Thanks for a great video.🤙🙂🏴
Had to tie up a few after watching both this and the Salmon video. I hate wasting material so the wing is great for those larger feathers. Red Grouse hackles are underrated.
Love wet flies like this. I tie them and fish them all the time. :-)
Two of my favourite materials...a beauty.
Great video davie tks for sharing nice salmon too what a memory 😊
Same here. The March Brown was one of my first also... Decades ago, but as effective now as than...
Lovely thread and fly tying Davie thanks👍
I did enjoy it, Davie... thank you.
Mike
And it's a beauty Thanks Davie
Hi davie I tied my first March browns with grouse as well because I didn’t have partridge or hen pheasant I called it a dark March brown I learned the fly tying basics at doon academy in 86.
looks like a really good fly
Ca de obicei - muscă Top Class 👏!
Love that fly.
Love the wing colours
Fantastic again Davie. Do you think these days it's the fly that catches the angler more than the fish? As back in the days when no Internet or magazines they use to catch fish using live insects n horse tail hair for lines
Davie, great pattern, in regard to skins any advice to prepping them would be helpful, I get a number of wild pheasants every shooting season, I save the cock tails but would like to do more.
Hi darz3,
I have to be honest I've never prepared a skin myself, if I do get a bird from someone that shoots I normally remove the feathers I need and give them a good wash to make sure there's nothing on them.. I found a video on TH-cam which I feel is very good and shows how to cure the skins for tying flies so I have attached a link to it for you to see...I'm glad you liked the fly..
th-cam.com/video/ILaaKXPoor8/w-d-xo.html
All the very best Davie
Nicely tied once again Davie ,I was wondering how soft the wing was compared swann or bustard with those zipped fibres. 🤔
Is that a Ptarmigan in summer feathers? We have them here and they change to almost pure white in winter….famous red grouse on the Whiskey bottle?
Hi Mike,
It's a Red Grouse and as far as I believe it is the one used on the famous bottle of Grouse...I have attached a link to the one I have..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_grouse
All the very best Davie
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks….so very much like the ones we have here with plumage very similar to the summer plumage of ours which go almost entirely white in winter!
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75 plus no reading glases 😊
Hi Mr. McPhail! I want to initially thank you for another video lesson! I'm very interested in studying the most traditional forms of tying (though I'm still a noob), but I have failed to understand something: there was a inadequacy between hackle and wings or just the wings? Would it be the proper wing material and contrast? (I apologize if you've already mentioned it in another video; if so, I'll certainly catch up at some point!)
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Grand Davie just Grand
The skin you showed what is it?
Hi Michael, It's Grouse....ATB Davie..
Brings back lots of happy memories of my first dabble in fly tying Davy my grandfather taught me when I was six years old. I am 72 now . I have tied every day since then even if its only one fly. Thanks for the video regards Robbie 👍
Grand Davis just grand