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.
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- Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: The Guileless Trout
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20179
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:21 am
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: The Guileless Trout
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20179
The Guileless Trout
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...
- Fri Aug 12, 2022 6:14 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Frank Sawyer's Nymphs
- Replies: 75
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Re: Frank Sawyer's Nymphs
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 ...
- Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:46 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Woodcock and Orange
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5463
Re: Woodcock and Orange
You had me at Woodcock...
I like the idea of coating the silk with SHHAN; I've never tried that, I will now.
I like the idea of coating the silk with SHHAN; I've never tried that, I will now.
- Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:27 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Talleurs Pea-Ca-Bou Brown Nymph
- Replies: 30
- Views: 29111
Re: Talleurs Pea-Ca-Bou Brown Nymph
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...
- Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:54 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Partridge and orange comparison
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16002
Re: Partridge and orange comparison
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 ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:37 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Peacock & Black
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6784
Re: Peacock & Black
What those other guys said. This is a staple in my boxes. Purple being my personal kryptonite, I use a different color; but man, you make this pattern look sooo good.
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:23 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Blue Maxwell
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2448
Re: Blue Maxwell
Could just as easily been named Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Breadcrust
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3390
Re: Breadcrust
Breadcrusts I've seen in the past had a body made from a split grouse tail feather with the feather barbs trimmed short. Gave a real spikey look to the body, very caddis like. I tried that. What a pain in my tookus. You have to split the stem, soak it for like, 20 years to soften up the white pithy...
- Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:40 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Gråtass
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1572
Re: Gråtass
...an Adams soft hackle. Gorgeous.