That's good stuff, Dana. I have enough Swix and Klister left over from my skiing days to last a lifetime. Some of the Klister waxes were so tacky they were worse than fly paper if you got any on you. I'm not a wax junkie yet, but I'm really starting to see the benefits of using far more than I do. I...

Thank you for posting this, Carl. I love this pattern. I've turned into a dubbing junkie and this just strings the addiction along.

I love the pattern and the name. My very concert ever was Bob Weir on his 'Heaven Help the Fool' tour. The Dead have been with me ever since. The Dead and tying go together like peas and carrots...

I've never tied with Pearsall's black; why would black be more 'fragile' than any other color? Is it an unintended consequence of the dying process?

Add some Farrah Fawcett highlights to that 7947B and I'd hang a picture of that hook on the ceiling over my bed. That's like, the perfect hook.

Carl: What Ray said. Please.

Doug: That fly is gorgeous.

Those are amazing. I can't pick a favorite, ...but I do keep wandering back to the Black Gnat. The Iron Blue is a different look that I really like as well.

I got cold just looking at that first picture. I am eagerly awaiting ice out here. Saw an ice breaker on the Penobscot River a couple days ago, so fishing would be difficult at best. Lovely trout and nice fly. Every now and again you just have to show them something they haven't seen before. When t...

I literally just finished reading that book for the first time. I found the part about painting his hook shanks fascinating; thanks for bumping this thread back up!

ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:00 am Ray,

Awesome pictorial and pattern!!

What the heck is "Waxed with Shuck Wax"????

John

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that the wax ring for a toilet base works for me.