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7/20/2013

 
 Even though I'm not very old, I guess I'd consider my tying pretty "old school" .  I am slow to jump on bandwagons, and very leery of any hype surrounding something "new" when it comes to fly tying. 
  A couple of my customers have been telling me about a yarn they have been using for quite some time now.  Easy to use, flashy, catches fish, blah, blah blah...... You know the usual fly tying marketing catch phrases.
 As I normally do, I just ignored it, and continued to tap into my vast supply of dead animal parts to dub my flies..... old school style.  

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A little bit of old mixed with a little bit of new.
After enough repeated exposure to all of the "Willy's this and Willy's that"  I decided to see what all of the hubbub was about......  
I have to admit, it was pretty cool.  Cool enough, in fact, to get the old school gears turning in my head.  Imagine Ice dub on a string.  Dope on a rope.  So dope, I bought all 30 colors of:  ......  WILLY'S SPARKLING YARN   

WILLY'S FLY:
Hook:  #3 Alec Jackson spey
Tag: fine flat silver tinsel
Tail: Blue peacock breast feathers
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: Yellow Willy's Sparkling Yarn
Rib: Gold twist, medium
Hackle: Ringneck pheasant rump feather
Wing: American Widgeon
Cheeks: Jungle Cock




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    Aaron M. Ostoj

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