It was a different world pre-winter Olympics, for sure. SLC was a small town, in feeling when we lived there, while now, it is just another city. I worked in the VA hospital while at the Univ, and as soon as all the breakfast cleanup was completed, all those nice LDS ladies would grab a cup of coffe...

There was nothing like that when I was at the Univ of Utah in SLC (1966-67). 3.2 in the grocery store, but you had to go to the state liquor for anything else. All alcohol was prohibited on campus which inspired us and another couple to sit in front of our married housing apt drinking our 3.2. When ...

More than 50 years ago, when I was a poor student at the University of Utah, the guys at the Aviary in Pioneer Park would save me Feathers they picked up while working..

I may discover some condor as I continue to reorganize stuff.

There is a stretch on Warm Spring Creek outside Mackey, Idaho I call The Flat Of A Thousand Rainbows. Give me either of those “ugly” flies as a dropper off an Olive dun and I’ll stand there and catch those 15-18 inch rainbows (with a few Kokanee thrown in) til the cows come home.

Always drink upstream of the herd.

Mike Watriss at Great Feathers stocks some of their stuff.

Either version would make a dandy Sulphur.

I tie something similar with Seal’s fur and split to fish in the surface film.

JohnMD you have to consider what shipping is going to cost you. Yes you can find them cheaper online but after you tack on another 5 bucks for shipping are they still cheaper that buying one locally? Just a thought My last visit to Hobby Lobby revealed a 3-pack of applicator bottles for under $3, a...

I believe it was Datus Proper who advocated using artist’s varnish.
A 2.5 oz bottle of Windsor Newton costs about $6-7 at Hobby Lobby or $9-10 at an art supply shop.

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That’s my first find.