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Well, it wasn't shot, but I have a groundhog/woodchuck/whistlepig/marmot skin I scavenged from the road last spring.

Thing was a bugger to skin & scrape. Unsure if it's just the nature of the...

look kinda like the 'hackle stacker' techique or is it different, anyone know?

i'd like to do a Red Fox Squirrel nymph for Oklahoma...

thanks again for hosting, ol' blue

thnx ol' blue

After having great success every time I resort to this fly - most recently last week on Slough creek in the sleet when there was, according to some french fellas I met a few days before on the...

Seems to be working ok.... but an unweighted fly might perform better or worse, depending on the situation, I suppose. I use them a lot in sometimes swift streams for smallmouth and I usually want...

I'm just the opposite - i have never tied or fished them unweighted.

Am I doing it all wrong?

Weminuche Wilderness Colorado & Rio Grande Cutthroats

I'm tying up some saltwater shrimp patterns of various sizes and concoctions in white, pink, tan and light green/olive. Most shrimp patterns I see seem to be underdressed or at least sparsely...

Ran across this today.

didymo found in northern reaches of Connecticut River

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070708/NEWS02/707080426

that's certainly alright & no problem... someone always has to be different.

UPS from the office is worth the few extra dollars and convenience -vs- the lines & 'ok, I need to post this to here...

thanks for hosting and letting us play once again, ol' blue!

I agree with everyone else, epsy wayne's FLASH statement...

Last winter, I discovered the Clouser Darter and have been using it almost exclusively this year for SMB. The fish certainly prefer...

i intended to go fishing this morning, but it has rained for the past 6 hours. I need some generic flies for a trip next weekend, so this swap topic inspired me...

my goto material for tying...

Salmonguy - sounds like you need to go fishing... please, hop over to the Gaspe and find a river for us and give us a fishing report with some of your speedily tied flies! or is it even atlantic...

thanks for the replies.

i suppose I didn't look hard enough, or rather, the places I was looking online did not have hackle sized specifically #24 available.

I'll look harder.

and thanks for...

I'll add to the mix...

I just read this last night in Nick Lyon's 'A Flyfisher's World' - in the story Fly fishing For Anything, Any Way:

"The British generally call all flies that don't...

I've been advised I need some #24 baetis for a special trip this summer. I was also advised that I should BUY them. i saw hogwash! There's no reason I can't tie them...

However, I'm having a...

Even though I wasn't in this swap, these flies sure are terrific!

i'm interested in the hackle style of the fly in picture IMG_0062, where the hackle is all on top, similiar to a parachute, but...

I received mine also! thanks ol blue for hosting and great flies everyone!!!

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Seems my outgoing PMs (to ol blue) are stuck in the outbox - something about a full folder and even though I've cleaned out everything, they still won't go out.

anyway, I apogize for the delays. ...

thnx ol' blue

I'd like to submit a Lime Trude, if it qualifies...

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trouthunter - mine will be casting size - #8 or so... if it matters