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[bobfly]

The Spirit or Nymph Fly which is a little short in the body , has some nice stuff like Toucan,Quetzal and COR in the throat. He left the options open about what to use, he just says to add exotics as one fancies. And #9 for the Tweed which is pretty simple after the other. Both are dressed much larger than life on some nice Reinholds I`ve been saving up for something special

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[Austin Clayton]

Slick flies there Bob, the nympher is something special

[Ronn Lucas]

Lovely duo Bob!!!!!!

[Speyfly89]

Love that first one. Such nice flies

[geraldsherbrook]

Dear BOB,

We know allready the winner for 'today' (hahahaha) !

How they brought it over so far to YOU :...SICK and LOVELY !...I will make a 'trio'...MAGICAL tied and eyeing flies YOU bring today !

I am feeling myself happy in Your place...think that it's forward good my feelings (and no no glitches of jalousy !...I letted those behind me in 'our' CABIN in the HIGH GROUNDS we share still togheter ! hahahahaha

pstttttttttttttttttt wonder where the grey burbler is 'hanging' out for the moment...anyway BOB we had a 'great time' WITHOUT 'him' on 'our grey' backs ! (yes we have something grey toooooooo ...he's not alone !)

Many greetings to the 'loving lady' in Your house ...she (and me and Nathalie are sure of that)...does day in day out her very best for YOU !!!...

Seeking YOU in the waterhole this evening ...this after the 'end ceremonie' of the OLMYMPIC games !!!

and I promise to 'look' a couple of more times to Your 'BIGGIES' (but sometimes the eyes want simply a bit more than 'the standard' hahahahaha)...

Geert & Nathalie (L) and Lieve...(that last one is sitting in Hungary for a marriage !!! (the brother of her own boyfriend...yes university love who became a bit more than love...)

[BCBound]

I love the Blackers Flies. Beautifull examples Bob, thanks for sharing.

[dgotz]

As usual Bob, your flies exhibit a casual, almost non-chalant excellence and beauty that is unique to your work. You and Blacker were made for each other. Just don't tell your wife I said so

gotz

[Kåre B.]

Love 'em!

KB

[lukas]

Spoiling us Bob spirit nymph lovely,The # 9 for the tweed love it
John

[Marc LeBlanc]

Lovely flies as always Bob. Boys you are good at this.

Marc

[dave08]

love your flies bob-the blacker flies are probably my fav and i also have a few special hooks set aside for them

[Stuka64]

Excellent flies and really love the hooks.

[BSH]

Super flies!

[PaulR]

Outstanding Bob! These early flies surely establish what was to come as you pointed out with the Ghost flies. I am going to scan those flies from Stoddart for you rather than mail them. Hope that's ok. Someone REALLY needs to do a history of the salmon fly, not from just the chronological order of patterns, but rather from the changes and corrections that were made to those patterns and why? Also, it would be interesting to chart the use and development of materials, say from Bainbridge's Gaudy Fly through say Francis Francis' sixth edition. As more global exploration brought more exotic materials to market, the development of the salmon fly and use of those exotic materials seemed to reached a peak during the 1860s. I don't know, just some thoughts. We will have three major pattern books reach us recently and in the very near future. It's great to have the history of the individual fly but IMHO, more interesting to see what was going on globally and how it influenced our hobby. I know, what do I know, I'm just a creative tier. Sorry to rant. PaulR

[mike townend]

hi bob
good lookers the tweed fly i will do some to fish
mike

[aaronostoj]

Those are both super! Especially that nymph. Thanks for sharing them, Bob.


Aaron

[Jeff Dickey]

Can't say enough how much I love your tying, Bob. Great duo!

-Jeff

[flifiklaus]

great Flies Bob !!

[bobfly]

Thank you all. As Paul says it would be very interesting to able to track the history some easy all in one volume. Taverner had a go which was a pretty good effort. I`m thinking. Blacker 1842/1843 was right in the middle somehow. A lot of the flies listed are the old Scotch flies as he calls them through to these great Irish Gaudy patterns. They are a really great Mix. Just waiting on younger who has flies listed prior to Bainbridge which should be interesting. Every twist turns up something new

[angler andrew]

The first one made with the exotics is just a real Tour de force from Blacker and indeed from Bob frandsen!

Both flies are just a delight.

Re Pauls comments and your own I find it fascinating,the use of all the exotics and the complex tying of these flies makes me feel that the art of tying was as enjoyable and fascinating as it is to us?after all a fiery Brown would catch fish 99% of the time wouldnt it?

Andrew.