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...
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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