Our recently departed friend, Alan Petrucci (BrkTrt) was a huge fan of the glass rods made by 'Cane & Silk'. His site is still and being maintained if you want to read his thinking on them. https://www.caneandsilk.com/fiberglass-fly-rodshttp://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2016/09/cane-and...

The older I get, the more boring my tying becomes. Where once I tied trippy, Timothy Leary flies, I now fall into a more Bob Wyatt-y camp: size, shape, and posture, mean more to me than color. I'm not negating colors impact as a component, we know trout see in color, I'm just going on what seems to...

God, I hate that hook, but you make it look really good. That's a very intriguing pattern, I may have to steal it.

That hook is my personal Kryptonite...

I tie the same fly, ...yours looks so much better. Nicely done, Norm.

letumgo wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:07 pm Mike - Done. I've rotated the picture and updated the link, but cannot get rid of the original attachment (saved under your user account).

Congrats on the new book. I look forward to your review.

Thank you, Ray.

Ray, can you turn this damn picture right ways up, please? Thank you.

REE, I've got a couple of books ahead of it but I'll put a review up when I get it finished.

I have been trying to get a copy of this book for a long time now. Ken Callahan found a very good copy for me in England last month, and it finally arrived yesterday. Looking forward to it. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXU1CtLI9tZ541Q4NSkfLYJNYZLT_l4azu4L3DAfyqvSeoyJS2a94MSwzEcgG88WTFpz...

Do we credit the late Al Troth with the 'Americanization' of Sawyer's nymph? I've fished both versions, Sawyer's and the variation, and I'm with Wayne; the PT, in it's original garb, gets out-fished every time. That being said, I still tie Sawyer's version (sort of) just because it's fun, ...and it ...

You had me at Woodcock...

I like the idea of coating the silk with SHHAN; I've never tried that, I will now.

Swellcat, I think the Pea-Ca-Bou Nymph is very similar in construction to the Carrie Special, but the pheasant hackle has been replaced with marabou fibers. I have fished both patterns successfully for smallmouth bass and would say they both are excellent leech imitations. I happily reach of either...