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Transkei (1980) |
March Brown, Durham Ranger, Colonel Bates,
Black Gnat, Zug Bug |
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Transkei (1981) |
Tan Nymph, Kent's Lightning, Wickham's Fancy,
Jock Scott, Green Highlander |
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Transkei (1982) |
Royal Coachman, Light Spruce, Montana Nymph,
Butcher, Blue Charm |
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Transkei (1983) |
Alexandra, Kent's Marbled Sedge, White
Marabou, Mayfly nymph, Silver Wilkinson |
| Transkei
(1984) |
Silver Grey,
Ginger Quill,
Hardy's
Favourite, March Brown nymph,
Kent's Spectrum
Mohawk,
and the FDC |
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History of the Transkei Stamp series...
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| Canada (1998) |
Coquihalla Orange, Coho Blue, Lady Amherst,
Cosseboom Special, Dark Montreal, Steelhead Bee |
| Silver
Gray |
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| Hook: |
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Size: |
| Tail: |
Two sections of a barred wood
duck body feather |
| Body: |
Peacock Herl |
| Rib: |
Silver Tinsel |
| Wing: |
Two bright orange saddle hackles
with a gray saddle hackle on each side |
| Cheeks: |
Jungle cock |
| Hackle: |
Several turns of a gray saddle
hackle |
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| Ginger
Quill |
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| Hook: |
Mustad 3906 |
Size: 10 - 16 |
| Thread: |
grey |
| Tail: |
light ginger hackle fibers |
| Body: |
stripped peacock quill |
| Hackle: |
light ginger hen or soft rooster |
| Wings: |
grey duck quills |
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| Hardy's
Favourite |
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| Hook: |
Mustad 3609 or 3609B |
Size: 12 - 14 |
| Thread: |
Black |
| Tail: |
Brown mallard feather |
| Body: |
Peacock Herl |
| Rib: |
Red Floss (counter wound) |
| Hackle: |
Dark Partridge |
| Wing: |
Brown Turkey |
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| March
Brown nymph |
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| Hook: |
Mustad 3906B |
Size: 8-14 XL |
| Tail: |
Fibers of cock pheasant tail. |
| Body: |
Blended 1/3 gray muskrat and 2/3
brown seal fur, dub. Build up thorax. |
| Rib: |
Light brown thread. |
| Hackle: |
Grouse brown B.F. sparse collar. |
| Wingcase: |
Sections of cock pheasant tail
feather. |
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| Kent's Spectrum Mohawk |
A very special thanks to Mr. Barry Kent. |
[click to enlarge] |
| Hook: |
Mustad 79580 |
Size: 4x long |
| Thread: |
Black silk, (forms major part of body color) |
| Tail: |
Red Bucktail (very sparse) |
| Wing: |
sparse bunches of Orange, Yellow, Med. Green, Light Blue, and
Purple Bucktail - progressively longer and tied in five equally spaced
sections on top of hook shank. |
| Eyes: |
White with black pupal |
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