DOLL FLY

I thought I would start a new post on the doll fly here are some original heads out of the late 50s and 60s I tied up one exactly the way we used to fish them when I was about 13 years old these heads are probably over 50 years old or more you'll notice that they are flat these are 1/16 oz. 1/32oz. they used to come on a card of maybe 20 or so the ones that I bought were from Polson cascade of very old manufacture in Portland Oregon he was noted for trout flies also he made a lot of salmon and steelhead tackle I do have a few of the old heads left that we keep for a keepsake in remembrance Mr. Paulson he was a handicapped gentlemen in a wheelchair he had about eight ladies that used a tight trout flies. I do not tightrope flies anymore I used to where I start it was from a lady called Audrey joy she was a commercial fly maker this is where I learned I was about 15 years old when I started I will turn 70 years old in April so a lot of years have gone by in this one hobby that I truly love and enjoy making jigs has been a passion of mine for all those years. the jig heads in the picture are probably older than most people on the site. all of the doll flys were tied with feathers marabou is sassy only ones that I've ever seen there was no other material that I know what it was used back then is I never seen any with hair or any other material. one Mr. Paulson retired I went over to visit and he had a lot of stuff left over from his business I bought most of the stuff that he had left over for $100 bill I filled up my pickup completely full he had hooks and dated back to World War II and some of the books I've never seen it were imported you guys can research all of this that I stated I could be wrong on the heads but I'm pretty close.

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Thanks.Enjoyed the post.Have a friend that started tying jig's while in college."to help pay for college""The Dolly Fly"for trout fishing below beaver lake and Bull shoals on the White River.Made his on mold's ect.Has grown into quite a business.Even developed his on Rod system for casting these light jig's "ZigJig's.com. Thanks enjoyed the post.

Bob

Just looking at the ones up for sale on ebay show maribou and polar bear. Heres one with yellow polar bear and the same type head I have. But if you look through them you'll see a lot of different heads.
Doll-Fly Lure Fishing Hook Jig Tail Vintage NIP | eBay

Here's an article on the Doll Fly - where he says he had the market cornered on Polar Bear
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Bob

Just looking at the ones up for sale on ebay show maribou and polar bear. Heres one with yellow polar bear and the same type head I have. But if you look through them you'll see a lot of different heads.
Doll-Fly Lure Fishing Hook Jig Tail Vintage NIP | eBay

Here's an article on the Doll Fly - where he says he had the market cornered on Polar Bear
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Bob

Just looking at the ones up for sale on ebay show maribou and polar bear. Heres one with yellow polar bear and the same type head I have. But if you look through them you'll see a lot of different heads.
Doll-Fly Lure Fishing Hook Jig Tail Vintage NIP | eBay

Here's an article on the Doll Fly - where he says he had the market cornered on Polar Bear
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I'm not arguing the point there could've been many variations turn the 50s and 60s but I did not see them I'm talking about what we had in our sporting goods in Portland Oregon back when I was growing up .

I got mine at the old Western Auto Store - man I loved that place!!

Good post Bob. Makes me think of my Dad.

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I got mine at the old Western Auto Store - man I loved that place!!

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I wish we still had western auto My brother got a 243 rifle for $89 .

Thanks you guys I wish the good old days were still here of course our fishing message would be a little different because we didn't have all the bills and whistles back years ago .

We had one in our town also. Loved going in there looking at the toys when I was a kid.

Interesting thing these Doll Flies with all the different tails and all. I will ask some guys I know about what they remember.

Skip

Hodge: Lure of Doll Fly: Thompson's bread, butter

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Thanks and kind of what I was thinking in the back of my mind. I seem to remember someone telling me they used Polar Bear Hair and this confirm's that! Maybe I need to use some of this Polar Bear I have and see what happens as I have a good many colors of it that was dyed by the guys I bought it from.

Skip

I dyed a few pieces but had to be careful of the hide - some of it cracked pretty good. When I try again I may use the cold dye method and just let it sit longer, I just picked up 3 new dyes - Blue Dun, Slate Dun and Olive. Some of the guys who sent me feathers last year have started sending me more, and since I have to put them through the cleaning process they'll be nice and wet to go in the dye. Stay Tuned!!

I have seem some tied with polar bear when I was young but then they changed the short bucktail around here in the 70's.
Still one of the best jigs ever and have caught more fish than I will ever see.


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I guess I stand to be corrected but the only thing I seem back when I was a kid was marabou wraps it was by a different manufacture like I said Polson cascade I guess I should've researched more before I made any statements but I'm only going by what I seen.

I had quite a few of those made with Polar Bear hair. They were in a box that got wet and you know how they looked when I found them. A big loss to me. Last one I remember fishing was on a rip rap bank and using a 4lb UL rig. The strike sticks out, it was like a freight train. 12lb catfish kept me busy for a good while. I caught a good many fish on them.