Who Invented The Buzzer?

[Wildfisher]

Was Geoffrey Bucknall's  "Footballer Nymph", the first modern buzzer pattern?

Body : One black and one white horsehair wound up the shank side by side
Thorax : Mole fur and bronze peacock herl

This fly reputedly had the  first major success beating  the  blank in infamous  "Blagdon boil"

Not sure of the dates, think it was in the 1960's

Any takers on this?

[Fishtales]

Bowtie Buzzer - Frank Sawyer?

[haresear]

I think Frank sawyer's "Bowtie Buzzer" would have pre-dated the Footballer. I don't have a copy of his book, but I should imagine this was in the fifties.

Just read your post Fishtales. Any idea when?

Alex

[Fishtales]

I have 'A History of Flyfishig' by Conrad Voss Bark which states the same.

[greenwell]

I remember reading the article about G.Bucknall's Footballer Nymph in a magazine called "Rod and Line", that would have been probably 1966 or '67. It was featured some time later, '68 or '69 in T&S by Tom Stewart. The Bow-tie buzzer was featured in T&S in a short article mid-sixties as well. I have used the F. Nymph with some success on a few occassions over the years.

                            Greenwell

[Wildfisher]

Does anyone know how Bucknall's Footballer Nymph got its name?

[Fishtales]

Because the footballs at that time were black and white? Or he supported Newcastle United and that is their colours

[Wildfisher]

Because the footballs at that time were black and white? Or he supported Newcastle United and that is their colours

Pretty much………the  striped body of the fly looked like old fashioned footballer's socks!

[Malcolm]

Reputedly the first person recorded as tying and fishing imitations of midge pupae.


wee bri.............

I have a memory of reading about fishing the American West in an old book using a midge pattern called the Snow Fly. I'll check out some of my American books but the indexes are rubbishy

[Fishtales]

http://books.google.com/books?id=Nd6AcbwgWp8C&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=the+blagdon+buzzer&source=web&ots=FuNeJk88qA&sig=_4R2JUkRB0JdGuor6c6O7XvVIaU

According to this link from a book by C.B. McCully, Dr Bell created and fished the Blagdon Buzzer in the 1920's/30's.
Reputedly the first person recorded as tying and fishing imitations of midge pupae.
I hard heard of the Blagdon buzzer and been told it was one of the earliest buzzers though I've never come across this fly myself.

wee bri.............

I have just been threw my library and I have this book Only my copy is called 'A book of words  Fly-Fishing' printed 1992, the book in the link was printed 2000.