Since Sound Off seems to be the polace for everything else, it’s apparently the place to see if this works. First attempt at posting a picture. There are others in the planning stage, but not available yet. Thanks for the test space.
Bill
Now that is a great photo…
Great photo! Am I correct in assuming you are the fine looking young chap in the photo? Quite the fly fisher too from the looks of that stringer full.
Wow! I didn’t expect responses to this old photo but your comments certainly deserve a reply.
The photo is of #3 son, Joe, taken a tad over 35 years ago. We’ve had five sons and a daughter, all of whom have gone fishing with Dad. Those littel bluegills were valuable so we brought them home and filletted them for dinner. Remember those pieces of fish about the size of a quarter? Nobody had bones stuck in their throat but the ole man sweat bullets trying to fillet those dinkies. It was worth it.
Son Joe still has that Shakespeare Wonderod although he doesn’t fish it. He and Dad have provided better tackle.
Now Joe sometimes takes the ole man fishing! Turn about is great!
About the psoting of a photo - JC and Lady fisher deserve great Kudos for making it so simple! I opened a Photobucket account thinking it would be necessary to post photos on FAOL. Wrong!! It’s wonderfully simple . So simple in fact, I’ll do another!
Fine looking soft hackle.
I agree with REE. That has to be one killer fly. Mind posting a recipe for it?
Great pictures!
Hi,
I too like the look of that wee spider! Nicely done.
- Jeff
Simple fly iwth an equally simple dressing.
The hackle is partridge - I like Hans Weilenman’s method of tying the stem to the hook shank with the half stripped feather over the eye of the fly. The tread (brown, 6/0 in this case is wrapped to below the bend of the hook. Leave ~ 8" of tag, bend the thread back and wrap the end to the hook. That leaves ~4" of doubled thread for a rib. Dub on regualr old hare’s ear for the body. Wrap the rib up the body and take two turns of hackle. Tie it off and go fish. Since our Brown Drakes are pretty good size, what few of them we have, this is on a #10 hook.
Most of the places I fish are pretty small, freestone streams. They have very few, light hatches. This attempt at matching a hatch under such conditions is almost ridiculous. They’re only brook trout - not Einstein fish. But man, oh man, are they ever beautiful!!!