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Big K1
11-16-2005, 05:30 PM
Anyone have the recipe?
Willie Gunn
11-16-2005, 05:44 PM
Send Gordon Armstrong a PM fishingd0 on here he trades on EBay as Potpig
He is a very good tier.
MJC
11-16-2005, 05:50 PM
Wrap it in foil and bury it deep in the coals until done. :hihi:

I heard a rumor Jack Cook may have some info on this fly.
halcyon
11-16-2005, 07:43 PM
I believe this style of fly is also known as the boar bristle shrimp and the hog bristle shrimp. The November 2003 issue of the English magazine Fly Fishing and Fly Tying on pages 12 - 15 gives detailed instructions on tying this style of fly on both hooks and tubes.

Regards,
Norseman
11-16-2005, 11:43 PM
Don't know the pattern materials...but it is a rather interesting looking one.

Here is a pic for you though....when you find out the pattern please let us know
Big K1
11-16-2005, 11:59 PM
Here is a link that shows some different pigs but no recipe.
http://www.potbellypig.co.uk/
highlander2
11-17-2005, 12:56 AM
Kev
What you posted closely resembles a Icelandic pattern called the "Frances". Maybe that is the piggy your looking for but to me it looks more like a carrot, just like the Frances. I hope some one sends a pic of the real deal.
halcyon
11-17-2005, 12:58 AM
Here is the pattern as published in the above mentioned magazine article.

http://www.beaucatcher.com/photos/BoarBristleFly.jpg

Tube = 3/4 inch Slipstream
Thread = Red 8/0
Feelers = Chinese wild boar bristles, dyed
Tail = Orange bucktail with peral Flashabou
Rib = Oval Silver
Body = Orange floss
Palmer Hackle = Black cock
Wing/eyes = jungle cock

Other color combinations mentioned are Black & Orange and Yellow & Black but obviously you can make any combination you choose. And I noticed on the pot bellied pig site mentioned above the hackle seems to be more heavily applied than the pictures in the article which is another option.

Regards,
highlander2
11-17-2005, 01:01 AM
well, now that I checked out the site that maybe the real deal.
Willie Gunn
11-17-2005, 05:25 AM
Kev
What you posted closely resembles a Icelandic pattern called the "Frances". Maybe that is the piggy your looking for but to me it looks more like a carrot, just like the Frances. I hope some one sends a pic of the real deal.

As in most salmon flies just a variation on a theme.

Ali Shrimp bastardised Genneral Practitioner
Cascade Willie Gunn tied shrimp style
Pot Bellied pig cross between a Black or Orange Shrimp that we fished on the Ness 40 years ago and a Frances