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    Smile New member looking for wetflies

    With encouragement from Warren P., I decided to join FAOL. My name is Gordon and I'm from Colorado and I've been active in fly fishing and tying for over 43 years. I have done some semi-commercial tying over the years and now that I'm retired I'm tying for my Wife and I. I like to fish using wet flies since I can't cast a fly rod much like I used to. I'm looking for some wet fly patterns to try on the trout around here and if anyone would be willing to share some of their favorite patterns with me I'd like to tie them and try them out. I already received my first two from Warren P and can't wait to hit the water with them. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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    Hello Gordon and welcome to FAOL. The new guys chop wood and bring donuts. Check out the FOTW (Fly Of The Week) archives and Fly Tying section on the Home page for patterns and how to tying step by step. Also the fly tying section in the FAOL BB has a lot of patterns. If you hear of a pattern you'd like to try you can type in the name in the Search box on the Home page. It's a fun site and a wonderful learning tool. You can just ask for a pattern and half a dozen or more gals and guys will show you their version with a material list and step by step. Enjoy. Jim
    I'm either going to, coming from or thinking about fishing. Jim

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    I've had consistent "luck" over the years fishing wets, more so then with drys. One of the most productive ones for me has been the Parmachene Belle, and as I understand a very old pattern. Here's a list of some wets with pics; scroll down and the P.B. should be about #14 ~

    http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/bergman/

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    Gordon,

    Welcome to the forum; think you'll enjoy it here. Softhackles have always produced for me, even on tough tailwaters out west. Here's a few that have worked

    pheasant tail







    partridge & peacock







    b/h pheasant tail







    biot & peacock







    wire body





    Regards,
    Scott

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    Welcome Gordon! Any friend of Warren's is a friend of mine. Many gracious and giving people here. One fly that always works great for me, especially during the grannom caddis hatch, is the grey hackle peacock, pictured above.
    Bruce

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    Do a google search on "Wet Fly Patterns"

    Check out these books:

    http://www.amazon.com/Tying-Fishing-...ds=allen+mcgee

    http://www.amazon.com/Guide-North-Co...TR0BDAQR7MR4E8

    Rand

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    Welcome !!!

    Don Bastain has probably tied just about everyone of the wet flies, seen in the plates, in Ray Berman's book "Trout". His site, with those patterns is here:

    http://donbastianwetflies.com/tag/ray-bergman/


    PT/TB
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    Gordon,

    Thank you for joining FAOL. I think you will find a bunch of good fly tyers and good sharing people. You will "fit" in great and be prepared for many questions on fly tying which, with your experience, you will be a big benefit for all of us. I really appreciate the warm welcome you have received and look forward to many "posts" from you. This is the gentleman I posted a link to his fly tying materials he was thinning down from an ad in Fly Tyer magazine. I have purchased from him and the quality of his material and his prices are unbeatable. I can vouch for him and consider him a good internet friend that I have never met. I think he will be putting together another PDF list of tying material he needs to move and I hope he lists the link to it here so I can purchase some more tying material, that I really do not need, but, cannot pass up a good deal.

    Gordon, I know you will enjoy your time spent here on the greatest fly fishing site out there.
    Warren
    Fly fishing and fly tying are two things that I do, and when I am doing them, they are the only 2 things I think about. They clear my mind.

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    Hi Gordon;
    ScottP is right-on. While fishing only in the northeast, my personal go-to is a soft hackle with a peacock body and a mottled brown hen collar.
    Second choice is to use a black hackle (Leisenring spider ?). For some reason, tying with red thread to get a red head seems to attract stocked rainbows. I too have always preferred fishing wets and streamers. Welcome aboard.

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    Hello Scott, Thank you for the patterns which I know that I will tie up and try on the local river and beaver ponds. I an looking forward to meeting everyone over time and sharing and learning new ways to tie. Gordon

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