Some people have been known to use garden hackle…… I was fishing with a very good friend who was catching ten to my one. Couldn't figure it out. Watched him land a fish, release it, reach into the top pocket of his waders, dress his fly and make another cast. When it got too dark to see to fish any...

Being a native Virginian, I call them possums. The only people referring to them as “opossums” are those fanged uppity Yankees, and we all know they talk funny. 😀😀 We talk funny?! Growing up on the Canadian border just below Fort Kent, as kids we thought that the Mason/Dixon line was route 2 from B...

That is a beautiful tie. Fantastic. I love the hook choice and the proportions are perfect. You da' man, Ron.

Well, I subscribed to Fly Fishing and Fly Tying out of the UK. Turns out to be about $7.50 an issue. I thought the subscription was for 3 issues, turns out it's for 12. The April issue has an article on spiders. Looking forward to getting my first issue. I had forgotten about them, too. I'll give t...

I'm going to give Fly Tyer another go. They got a bit wonky the last couple of years, and like Roadkill, I found very little to get enthused about. Dave Klausmeyer has vacated the Big chair, so maybe some fresh blood will perk it up. I read the Drake, but that isn't about tying. I tried Fly Fusion b...

Here is the Rainbow Trilobal Nylon I blended with the beaver in about equal proportions. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53615316978_fde048c1b3.jpg RIMG3720 by William Lovelace , on Flickr You can see the glint of the nylon all over the body... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53614241477_bb...

Here is the Rainbow Trilobal Nylon I blended with the beaver in about equal proportions. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53615316978_fde048c1b3.jpg RIMG3720 by William Lovelace , on Flickr You can see the glint of the nylon all over the body... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53614241477_bb...

Gorgeous tie!

Great pattern; I like it.

This looks like every girl I went out with in high school. Add in the requisite Boone's Farm...