THE AUDACITY OF BASS FLIES - Whipfinish - Sep 9 2015

THE AUDACITY OF BASS FLIES


Leaning back I admired the finished pattern in the jaws of my vise and couldn't help but smile. It sat presiding over my bench in all its finished glory, yet in stark contrast to the previously tied patterns still sitting in the pockets of my pedestal base. There in the bronze pockets of the Regal sat patterns the likes of Theodore Gordon's Quill, The Wilson brothers Queen of the Waters, Mr. Halladay's Adams and Al Troths venerable Elk Hair Caddis