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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: My Flies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 538
Re: My Flies
Rick Thanks for the nice comments which I'll forward to our Chapter President. Regarding the Grumpy articles, the author (Kurt Haberl) is one of my fishing buddies and for WAY TOO MANY YEARS, many of the Grumpy articles were based (partially) on the real life camping / fishing adveentures of Kurt, m...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Orange Otter
- Replies: 5
- Views: 503
Re: Orange Otter
My memory isn't perfect, so I might have posted something in the past about the book called "ORANGE OTTER" written by Christopher Knowles. The book details the life, fishing and fly tying of Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire. I believe that the Reverend caught so many trout that h...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Orange Otter
- Replies: 5
- Views: 503
Orange Otter
My memory isn't perfect, so I might have posted something in the past about the book called "ORANGE OTTER" written by Christopher Knowles. The book details the life, fishing and fly tying of Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire. I believe that the Reverend caught so many trout that he...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: My Flies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 538
Re: My Flies
Do a search for "Lee Wulff Trout Unlimited", the name of our local TU Chapter. If you click on any of the available Newsletters, there should be one of my write ups in every Newsletter for the last 10 + years.
Bob
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: My Flies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 538
My Flies
For 10 to 15 years, during the off season months, I've done a small write-up on flies that I tie for our local TU Chapter's monthly newsletter, Several months ago, a couple of my TU Chapter colleagues took my computer files and put togehter a hard cover book of these articles, probably 100 + article...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 45484
Re: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
Every rod I have, I fish with soft hackles. dries, nymphs, etc. No specific rod for any certain type of fly.
Bob
Bob
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Pritt’s “The Book of the Grayling”
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17040
Re: Pritt’s “The Book of the Grayling”
Bill
Thanks. I had downloaded that awhile back but was looking for a reprint hardcover. Hope things are well with you.
Bob
Thanks. I had downloaded that awhile back but was looking for a reprint hardcover. Hope things are well with you.
Bob
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: Pritt’s “The Book of the Grayling”
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17040
Pritt’s “The Book of the Grayling”
In the mid-1990s, I bought copies of Pritt’s “North Country Flies” and Edmond’s & Lee’s “Brook & River Trouting”, both in hardbacks with hard shell cases. Is there a like book for Pritt’s “The Book of the Grayling”? If so, can anyone provide the ISBN as there appears to be “several” differen...
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Pritt's #61 Black Gnat
- Replies: 3
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Pritt's #61 Black Gnat
Don't know if I posted this before. If so, my apologies. Looks bigger than they actually are. Were tied on a Daiichi size 16 #1190 dry fly hook.
Bob
Bob
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Peacock and Partridge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4454
Re: Peacock and Partridge
Use red thread for the head and butt and you get my version of the "Red Ass".