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Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:30 am
by ScottP
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Re: Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:44 am
by Theroe
very nice...a personal favorite of mine. I like rusty dun hackle, though!

Re: Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:37 am
by ScottP
As my supply of rusty dun hen is non-existent, I'll have to stick with brown; the fish don't seem to care.

Regards,
Scott

Re: Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:40 am
by letumgo
Scott - Do you ever fish these as emergers? As I study the fly, I started thinking about different ways to fish the fly. Untreated, it will fish beautifully as a wet fly. The palmered hackle will give the fly a nice slow sink rate.

It may be sacrilege, but I would be temped to also dress the wing with a drop of floatant, to make the fly hang in the surface film.

Lovely fly, btw.

Re: Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:57 pm
by tie2fish
I can detect absolutely no trace of any senior moments in your slow twitch fibers, Scott ;) . Very nicely done.

Re: Dark Cahill Palmer

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:57 pm
by ScottP
letumgo wrote:Do you ever fish these as emergers?
Missed the fall drakes in the NE corner of YNP but I hope to swing them when the March Browns come out next spring; colors may be off a bit but the fish aren't super picky.


Regards,
Scott