Looking for Parker-Hawes Brochure

[Austin W Hogan]

This streamer arrived in the mail yesterday.

Thank you, Francis

Best, Austin

[Austin W Hogan]

I did a lot of hydrology during my working days, and taught hydrology at Lyndon State after I retired. Some people say fishing with a hydrologist is like asking a plumber the way to the men's room but I'll omit that story.

I have a little photo set up that allows me to photograph with front or back light, add with changeable back ground. Two pictures of trolling streamers are attached. The yellow filters imitate a long light path through very clear water, and the tan background a typical sediment covered bottom. The first picture simulates what would be seen with sun and sky light behind, against the bottom. The second simulates what would be seen looking up toward sun or sky light.

Best, Austin

[Dean Romig]

I used to really enjoy going to my dentist up until about fifteen or twenty years ago when he moved (semi-retired actually) to Peterborough, NH. You see, he and I would talk about fly-fishing and fly-tying - well, he was usually the one doing the talking while he had his hands and tools in my mouth. He had a wonderful collection of original Carrie Stevens streamers mounted in cases on the walls of his office. It is quite surprising that the Stevens patterns tied today only resemble the originals in both color or hue of the materials and the tyeing style as well. Her original Gray Ghosts were tied with saddle hackles less gray and more like your example above in the lower right with the white background - more of a light bronze actually - and almost all of those tied today lack the red band of thread in the head.

[Old and Reliable]

[quote=Austin W Hogan;15601]This streamer arrived in the mail yesterday.

Thank you, Francis

Best, Austin-

You are welcome, and thanks indeed for posting a foto of same. That is real jungle cock eye, and now the fly fishing division of the PGCA brotherhood can see the quality of the late Bill Hunter's tying vise. I've know two gentlemen with that first name, both set the standards (IMO) for straight forward business deals, Bill Jaqua in firearms and Bill Hunter in fly fishing!