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by ronr
Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: No Body Wet on the Crooked
Replies: 6
Views: 2626

Re: No Body Wet on the Crooked

the water that Roadkill fished last week was swarming with anglers today... who knew this forum was so widely read? Consequently, we had to fish second choice water and found a healthy hatch of mayflies. Naturally, i was rigged to Euro nymph... and got no touches...so totally rerigged, put on the so...
by ronr
Sun May 26, 2024 5:48 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Fishing a Riffle
Replies: 19
Views: 14692

Re: Fishing a Riffle

I think the old sliding bead technique is an old bass fishing trick... using a bullet weight above the worm and letting it slide as it moves along the bottom...sure works with a plastic worm on bass... should work on trout.
by ronr
Thu May 23, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Squirrel Soft Hackles
Replies: 9
Views: 7321

Re: Squirrel Soft Hackles

on the middle descutes this week, the squirrel with red thread head was a top producer...my version is pretty close to your,,, using the spikes squirrel dubbing...
by ronr
Sun May 12, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Kimono silk now for the fly fisher
Replies: 3
Views: 4879

Re: Kimono silk now for the fly fisher

thanks Carl, that's great info. Hope all is well out there in Florida....
by ronr
Mon May 06, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Not a Flymph...
Replies: 7
Views: 4591

Re: Not a Flymph...

:D that's some nice crab :o
by ronr
Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: PMD Flymph
Replies: 10
Views: 6371

Re: PMD Flymph

REE I'm pretty sure that checks all the boxes...should be on Carl's website.
by ronr
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: Generic Green Drakes
Replies: 7
Views: 7735

Re: Generic Green Drakes

Wish I was floating along side of you, not happening in my neck of the woods yet, but soon the Watermaster will get its inaugural float on the Crooked... Great fly as always.
by ronr
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Sunny Side Up Flymph
Replies: 4
Views: 2176

Re: Sunny Side Up Flymph

Bill... you just are a tying machine. Hopefully, we'll be able to fish some of your great flies this spring.
by ronr
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
Replies: 39
Views: 70118

Re: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles

ron... thanks for your detailed reply. My interest in Scandi and Skagit lines is a little misguided actually. I rarely, almost never, fish big waters with big flies on sink tips. But, I got interested in Skagit because I use single hand spey casting all the time on a variety of rods for swinging sof...
by ronr
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
Replies: 39
Views: 70118

Re: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles

Do any of you guys who fish larger rivers ever fish a single hand rod with a Scandi line swinging soft hackles....If so, what rods and which lines? I had a friend give me an intro to Scandi yesterday but it was on a 6wt rod that I would seldom fish with on the rivers I fish most. Fun to cast, but ha...