Something different.....
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michaelgmcgraw
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Re: Something different.....
The first fly reminded me of a baby Hedgehog. I'll bet it catches fish!
Re: Something different.....
Bravo! Experimentation...why not...it simply inspires. Hmmmm, where are those trash clippings that I discarded last night? 
"Anticipation beckons us to the turmoil of the stream; the fruits of our labor and device realized in the rippled take." ~ Michael T. Shuey
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Ron Eagle Elk
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Re: Something different.....
Jeff,
That looks like it would do the business on our local Sea Run Cutthroat. I'll have to dress a couple as the runs will soon be starting in earnest.
That Rabbit Matuka is a lovely fly as well, but, I must admit that my favorite NZ fly is the Scotch Poacher. Must be tied with a Pukeko wing to be effective though.
Is that an Alcock vise?
Do we know each other from another board by any chance?
REE
That looks like it would do the business on our local Sea Run Cutthroat. I'll have to dress a couple as the runs will soon be starting in earnest.
That Rabbit Matuka is a lovely fly as well, but, I must admit that my favorite NZ fly is the Scotch Poacher. Must be tied with a Pukeko wing to be effective though.
Is that an Alcock vise?
Do we know each other from another board by any chance?
REE
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Re: Something different.....
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Mataura mayfly
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Re: Something different.....
Ron, we quite possibly do meet on other forums, I belong to a couple with the same screen name.
I prefer the Craigs Nightime to the Scotch Poacher, slightly more subdued in colour and our local browns seem to prefer that. You can sub Pukeko for the black breast feathers of Silver Pheasant, they give much the same action, but not the same colour....... not many birds in the world will!
I prefer the Craigs Nightime to the Scotch Poacher, slightly more subdued in colour and our local browns seem to prefer that. You can sub Pukeko for the black breast feathers of Silver Pheasant, they give much the same action, but not the same colour....... not many birds in the world will!
"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout".... Irish proverb.