Dear friends:

This is my milestone: I have now narrowed my flies down to olive and black mohair leeches, some same colored marabou streamers and a few dry flies (of no special format - for that undisturbed pond). Since I fish lakes mostly, these are my staple. They work better than anything else I've tried until now, and for the time being these are mostly what I tie. My hook sizes range is 10 (few), 12, and 14. All cast with a stillwater (read: clear intermediate sink) line from a fast 6wt rod. This is it folks, the sum of five years of experience and lots of trial and error.

So what are your learning milestones? -Migs