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Originally Posted by Darren Lewis
Phil White for styling, Paul Little for outragious technical ability and knowledge, Paul proctor for innovative 'fishing' flies.
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Agee on Phil White and Paul Little...... but Proctor
Sterile, lifeless affairs. And anyone who doesn't put a body hackle on a dabbler, and then publishes it, and calls it a Dabbler, ain't getting my vote.
I don't really have a 'favourite' tyer as such. It's all as much about what you're into, and thinking and style, as it is about technical skills... it's taken me 20 years to to reach a decidedly average standard, and the bulk of that improvement has happened in the last three years since joining this forum and interacting with the likes of Wee Jim, Greg, Ben etc.
Here's three guys though, that I hold in very high esteem for their touch, style, thinking and fieindish skills - Alex (Midlander), George Barron, and Stan Headley. All three of them make me sick the way they can tie a simple, forgotten traditional pattern and make me drool like fat old pig confronted with a bowl of strawberries and cream!