PB wing

[Mark Romero]

This one has a PB wing.....again it's a Lucas Sr. hook, Noble D XXL ............the tag is wool and it's ribbed with floss......the bead also came from Ronn Lucas..........the butt and the LONG throat Spey Style is dyed redish/purpleish peacock herl (beautiful stuff)..............i can't remember what the outter (shorter fibered collar is.....prolly regular mallard?), but the longer inner one is Egyptian Goose.......i've got a gorgeous complete skin of E.G. and the flank feathers are like Giant Wooduck flank feathers.....look almost exactly the same only much bigger.............PB is highly unruley.....but i like the look of it as a wing.....and it's done in this case, (for the most part) as a built wing, layered. The forward portion of the body (a bit hard to see in this pic), is just yellow, then orange dubbing, ribbed with something.........i can't remember..............this fly is now owned by a friend in DesMoines, Iowa. Ya'll know Kevin Slatter. He wanted it.....i gave it to him. i don't know why i didn't put a tail on it.....lol.

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[Peter Gramp]

I'm asking off-list for obvious reasons... but (assuming PB stands for "plateaus better than arctic runner"), what is your source for PB?

-Pete

[Peter Gramp]

ok, maybe NOT off-list...

[Mark Romero]

Pete, i use to have 2/3 sources.....but all but one have dried up. The best one was in Alberta, Canada..... http://www.rockymountainflies.com but i think he's outta business now. He had terrific stuff.....nice size patches.....winter hair which is the "Whitest" and dyes best....super long fibers up to 8 inches, and incredable dye jobs.........and his prices were terrific at $5.95 a patch. But he's disappeared.........fortunately i bought a lot and still have 2/3rds of it. There a fly shop in New Jersey that use to have it, but they were a totall rip-off, at bout $25 a patch. You prolly know the shop, it's on Rt. 46....."somewhere." i never actually went there.....i bought it from them once over the phone. But their dye jobs were not the best. And damn.....if you gonna rob me, at least point a gun at me. Don't you love it when the theif acts like he's doin' you a favor.......course, i coulda said no thanks.  lmao...........no way Jose'...........lol. Frickin' materials junkie. Currently, i dunno what i'd do if a ran out. ........the next fly i'm gonna post has a PB wing.
 

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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:44:06 -0500
Subject: [VFB] Re: PB wing
From: pete....@gmail.com
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