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    S.t.w.l.p.h.

    Correction on the loop wing - after wrapping the twisted antron bundle forward to the loop wing position and securing it there, let the bundle untwist and fluff it out a bit before forming the loop...
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    Interesting

    On my home water in Northern Idaho, there have been many more October caddis adults flying around this fall compared to the past several years. It has been a pretty steady hatch for several weeks...
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    Check out ...

    ... the FEB Hopper in the FOTW archives for a good image and the tying sequence - just a smaller, slimmer fly with appropriate color changes.
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    FEB October Caddis

    My current iteration of this fly is based on the FEB Hopper ( in the FAOL FOTW archives at 8-10-2009 ) but a bit smaller and slimmer and in lighter colors to better match the October caddis on my...
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    Goals

    Rick - My goals are to create a rather sparse shuck, a very slim, segmented abdomen, a short "wing" and a cluttered effect around the thorax. Your fly definitely checks all the boxes of the basic...
  6. Thread: S. A. S. H.

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    S. A. S. H.

    As in Simple Antron Soft Hackle. Started this fly, which I had not tied before two days ago, just like the J. A. Y. Thing, but instead of a loop wing and 9DH hackle, I used some grizzly soft hackle...
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    Surprise

    Didn't get much action on the Just Another Mahogany dun yesterday. One place a bunch of rising fishies just wanted something else. BUT there was one very pleasant surprise the next place I fished...
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    S. T. W. L. P. H.

    Post photobucket, I tried a number of different approaches to posting photos - none consistently worked. In summary - size 14 dry fly hook, a 2" piece of antron, and dry fly hackle to size. S. is...
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    Things ...

    ... being what they are. B - for brown; O - for olive; G - for green. Fished Things in all three colors over the past couple days. Each of the three accounted for bunches of nearsighted,...
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    Haven't tied ...

    ... a JAY Thing in years. A couple days ago, I picked up a couple cards of antron, one light brown and one dark brown and wondered how they would do tied in the JAY Thing style. Tied up one of each...
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    Ran across ...

    ... this thread while looking for something else from "way back when." Enjoy.
  12. Thread: Braided line

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    Hmmmm ....

    Just ran across a Fly Fish Food youtube video by Lance Egan. Add him to the list of folks who advocate for fluorocarbon tippet that will sink so as to not reflect light on or be visible on the...
  13. Recollections

    The last year I lived in SE Idaho, the head of the IDF&G fisheries section asked what I thought about going to a year round open fishing season, with closings only by exception, for the entire state....
  14. Thread: Originals

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    Yesteryear ...

    Ran across this thread when I was looking for something else. Thought there might be some folks out there that would enjoy it for what it is, or how it reminds them of how this BB used to be.
  15. Thread: FEB Hopper

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    Oh well ...

    ... finally decided to go ahead and buy an Idaho annual nonresident license a couple days ago. Nice day today, so I headed on over to my home water and tried out a minor variation of the FEB Skwala,...
  16. Thread: FEB Hopper

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    Indeed ...

    ... still my favorite, and, in fact, my only hopper pattern, Rick. Up sized and color changed to a salmonfly, it is the best producing fly I've created and used over the past fifteen or so years. ...
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    Awesome ...

    ... blend of creativity, craft, and art. Well done, sir.
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    It seems the rating system has gone bonkers - won't work for me, but seems to be on "auto" for most new threads on the Fly Tying Forum ??
  19. Check out the stars ....

    Jim -The check mark indicates that the BB member who is online reviewing a Forum started a checked thread or previously posted on a checked thread on that Forum.The stars are based on the rating...
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    Yep ...

    Lee S. mentioned old threads, kind of, on the "green triangles" thread. Well, here's a good example. And I've used the Castwell Knot for 15 plus years without fail, with one exception. The...
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    What's ...

    ... the big deal about green rectangles ??
  22. Thread: Braided line

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    Add Kelly ...

    ... Galloup to the ( short ) list of folks who advocate adding a section of fluoro tippet to a mono leader when fishing dry flies to eliminate any reflection of light by the leader on the surface of...
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    Add another ...

    ... well known angler who has advocated for adding a length of fluoro tippet to his mono leader to eliminate light reflection on the surface when fishing dry flies.

    Kelly Galloup.

    In an eight...
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    Jim - I'm a big fan of the Castwell knot for...

    Jim -

    I'm a big fan of the Castwell knot for attaching lines to backing and leaders - the only knot for those applications that I have used for well over fifteen years now.

    It has never...
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    Dave - Not sure what the "smaller size" you...

    Dave -

    Not sure what the "smaller size" you refer to actually is. Seems that how attachments show up in a thread vary somewhat. Sometimes when there is a very small attachment ( pic ) shown, if...
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