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One of the Dette original patterns from the first catalog. It appeared again in the second catalog.  Hook: Standard Dry Fly Wings: Lemon Wood Duck Flank Tails: Lemon Wood Duck Flank Rib: Red Thread or Single Stand of Twisted Floss Body: Black Dubbing or Floss Hackle: Dun

  A tip on tying herl bodies. Tie a few stands of herl in a little down from the tip. Twist the herl around thread thread and wrap. This produces a very durable herl body while still being quick to tie. Hook: Standard Dry Fly Hook Tail: White Hackle Barbs Body: Peacock Herl Hackle: White

A pattern in the first Dette catalog. A variation of the Brown Bi-Visible. Bi-Visibles were very popular at the time. This example is tied in the style of the time using the hackle tips for tails.    The technique to tie this fly is to tie two measured hackle near the front of the hook for the body hackle. They are then wound the hackle backwards towards the bend, and secured in the back. Once both feathers are secured, the thread is wrapped to the back hackle to the front of the hook where the font hackle is then  attached....