[kania2007]

I just saw got a phone call from my Dad saying there is an add in todays THR Record for fly tying materials for sale. So after lunch i took a ride to check it out. Lucky for me i got there fisrt and got some really good deals including a tube of Overtons wonder wax.Probably 3/4 left for fifty cents.Is this any good? Just kidding, i know guys would kill for this stuff.I just got lucky.Is Overtons still made? I think i did ok got some nice hackles and plenty of hooks and beads for about forty bucks.

[kflies]

I think it's been gone for awhile. I actually have a couple unopened containers. I rarely use wax because something in my Italian chemistry allows me to get the dubbing on pretty well without it!
Ken

[JB]

kania,

Glenn Overton is no longer making his wax.

His son David has been trying to get the production going again, but I have not heard if he has been successful in doing so. Would like to see it readily available again, it's very nice stuff.

JB

[kania2007]

JB, on 24 July 2010 - 07:15 PM, said:

kania,

Glenn Overton is no longer making his wax.

His son David has been trying to get the production going again, but I have not heard if he has been successful in doing so. Would like to see it readily available again, it's very nice stuff.

JB

[kania2007]

Oops.Iv'e seen some posts saying how good Overtons wax was and very hard to find.I hope they start to make it again too J.B..It really is nice to work with.I tied up a few sulphurs just to try it out.I also got a grade 1 cree neck and a grade 3 barred variant neck by Metz.The cree looks more like a collins barred ginger.The barred variant looks more like cree.I got hooks too.What flies can i tie with the cree and variant J.B.? Adams i know any others?Thanks.

[JB]

The traditional tie for an Adams is brown and grizzly for the hackle, but of course you can use a cree hackle.

The dressings for John Atherton's dry fly patterns call for an extensive use of Cree Hackle.

Here is one of his patterns:

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Atherton #1

Hook size: 12-16

Wing: Hackle points from a light, glassy natural dun.

Tail: Pale dun hackle barbules.

Body: Very pale cream fox-belly fur, ribbed with narrow oval gold tinsel.

Hackle: Very light Cree, or one pale ginger and one light grizzly hackle wound so as to mix the colors.

Atherton did extensive research on "light patterns" of dry flies. This can be seen in his dry fly dressings, which call for many combinations of materials and favor the use of Cree Hackle.

Experiment with your cree and barred variant hackles. If you were to get up close (and personal) with the naturals you are trying create an impression of, you'll see that there are no pure solid colors, but rather a mixture of colors that when blended together give the impression of something close to a solid color.

Duns that have mottled wings, like the American March Brown for instance are excellent candidates for the use of a dark cree hackle. Follow along these lines with your use of these hackles and don't be afraid to give them a shot, instead of using traditional dressings.

Many of the tiers of old, used what they had.

I was in old Walt Dette's shop one day when he was tying up some Hendricksons, after looking through his stuff, he grabbed a bunch of material and said, "Well, looks like the Hendricksons are going to be a bit darker this time."

JB

[kania2007]

Thanks J.B. Will do. Can't wait to try it out.