Hi John,
This should interest you.

http://globalflyfisher.com/staff/verhaa ... index.html

Mark

John,
Are you using Pearsall's?

Mark

OH YES! Those blue winged olives-they do love'em. Gorgeous brown! Where the heck are you, Pat--Alaska?

Mark

John, I believe the Waterhen Bloa calls for gray mole dubbing and yellow Pearsalls. This fly is made from OLIVE Hare's mask dubbed on Pearsall's Pale Olive thread. This fly also uses creamy dun colored hen (chicken) rather than Waterhen. The effect may be similar, but the materials are different. I'...

http://www.libstudio.com/Photographs/assets/images/bubblenymph.jpg Ray, Everyone, This is a photo of a nymph pretreated with a fly floatant called Nufly Kote. The photo is from an article published in the June 1991 Field & Stream Magazine, Northeast Edition. The author of the article is Ralph C...

Hey,
I don't look at the vise, but the fly. Nice fly, Eric!

Mark

Welcome!

Mark

Ray,
Here's the rub. While I can not argue that having bubbles or imitating the bubble with flashy, glittery material, there has never been any documented proof of La Fontaine's air bubble supposition. If anyone has proof I'd like to see it.

Mark

Stefan, You are correct that these flies would not have bubbles in turbulent water. They'd be washed away. most likely. However, I don't think the amount of oxygen in the water makes a difference as to how much air the fly traps in the fibers before it is submerged. It carries the trapped air below ...

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