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Happy Birthday, Steve!

Funny I didn't know today was your day.... Mine's tomorrow. I'll be 43. :)

All the best,
Dave
WCCNovice

Come on Folks! There has to be more than one newbie tier here. Parnelli does a great swap and he can teach you all kinds of good techniques and styles. I totally enjoyed the last 5 month Beginner...

I fish my Edson Tigers now and again in our lovely little streams. The bluegills and smallies seem to love them. I've only caught one little brown on them though. Maybe I'm not fishing them right?...

Hey all you new and beginner fly tiers,

You are probably tying up a few flies for yourself and thinking, "what other patterns are out there for me to tie. Can I do that one?" Well, the short...

Got mine yesterday. Lovely flies, thank you all. I feel like the poor man in the group. Your flies seem like display flies. Mine are just for fishing. :)

Thanks again,
Dave
WCCNovice

Steve,

Thanks for all of your hard work. I hope you get out on the water, too. :)

All the best,
Dave
WCCNovice

I just realized that I forgot my toetags. They are sitting on my tying desk. :( Sorry! I guess I was too excited to get them off into the mail.

Dave
WCCNovice

Flies are in the mail as of 2pm today.

Dave
WCCNovice

Do we have a consensus on how we will proceed? I'm done with my flies (8) for the original swap. I just need an address to mail to and a final decision.

Thanks,
Dave
WCCNovice

As I said in my PM, I'm game for tying 8. If the vote is for two flies, I'll have to go with a Renegade variant.

Dave
WCCNovice

Here in Delaware, Irene has all but gone away. We're on her tail coats now. Just a bit gusty with some small rain squalls. The stream that overflowed last night is back in it's banks and only...

The small stream two houses down the hill is 2 feet over it's banks. The end of the road is closed and those folks have to wait it out, the stream is too dangerous to cross. It's raining pretty...

Rain just started falling in Northern Delaware about an hour ago (Noon EST). Light winds, but those are expected to increase in the coming hours. The cloud rotation was cool... East to West! ...

Hey All,

Here in Delaware the state is on Emergency Alert. We've got designated evac routes and everything. This will be my fourth or fifth hurricane and I'm looking forward to it. I like the...

I'd like to join your swap. I don't actually know the name of the stimulator I tie, but it's got a yellow abdomen and an orange head with brown and grizzly and deer body hair. It's one of the many...

Hey Bugman,

I noticed that you are in Texas... is that Central Time? So your 2000 is my 2200. Gettin' late. :) I'll have to think about it.

Dave

Hi Bugman,

I'm with Wayneb. I'd love to take your lessons, but I wasn't aware of them before you posted that you were stopping. If you decide to start again, I'd love to know.

Dave
WCCNovice

I got the flies today. All I can say is Wow! You all made some seriously awesome flies. The mouse is way cool! I can't believe what you can do with deer hair. I love it! The jitterbug is over...

I can speak to the vise question. I have an HMH Spartan, it's a nice rotory vice at a good price (around $120). My buddy has an HMH Standard. It's got more machining and a nicer shaped base, but...

Dan,

I've got my 5 bugs tied, trimmed and boxed. Next step is to wait in line at the post office. Probably today, but maybe tomorrow.

These are my first poppers and I hope that they are...

No real problems, Dan. I'm just new at this and REALLY slow. I've got 4 tied up and one on the vice. Trimming and mailing are next. :) I hope you'll accept my entries. ;)

Dave

I thought about this again this morning. There is another possibility, it could be a Blue Jay. Our Blue Jays have about 7 different calls including one that sounds rather like someone hitting a 3"...

Hey Steve, I think Buddy might be onto something... It could be one of the several Mimids in the area, like a Mockingbird? I'm not up on your area birds, however, my wife lived in NYC for about 5...

Mine's pretty simple. WCC are the initials for my home water, White Clay Creek, and Novice is because that's what I am in the FF world. I've only been fly fishing and tying for about a year now...

Congrats on the job! I've been out of work for just over a year now and I feel your (now alleviated) pain. I think I've got a good shot at a position I just applied for, but the search committee...