Letumgo, I feel strongly that John was not being truly upset at all. He is a very good person that loves our fishing style and has a lot of history in this stuff. A wonderful source of history and information about our sport. I have been fortunate to enjoy numerous conversations with John at differe...

I really like this pattern and am going to tie some shortly. Really like using that hook style. So a funny bit of history. I have used ‘scud’ style hooks on soft hackle flies for a few years. Was at a show, I think it was Edison NJ and was chatting with Mr. Shaner and mentioned to him that I was usi...

I like the Tiemco 200R hooks. They are 3XL with a bent that l like on my flymphs. I normally tie with barbless and they have 200R-BL too. So it all works. These are not the traditional hooks to use, but I like them a lot. Live on a catch and release trout stream so the barbless makes me feel better ...

Saber hooks are very good. They have barbless hooks too. I have purchased Saber hooks for years after discovering them at the Somerset fly show. That is now in Edison NJ. You will not be disappointed. Buy some and enjoy the tying.
Al

A number of years ago a fellow tyer showed me SortKwik. This is an item they use at banks and the Post Office to make sorting papers very easy and quick. It comes in a container that has a pad on the back so it does not wander around my tying bench. I just touch it with my fingers and dubbing goes o...

What a great idea. Thank you for sharing this. I think I may be visiting a craft store soon to start my own.
Thank you
Al

Wow how did I miss this post? After years of chatting about and learning about bamboo I made the jump. Now I only fish bamboo for trout. All the graphite rods are fished by my spouse, and she loves that too. It started with conversations with John Long, a fellow Michigan Fly Fishing Club member and ...

Great flies. A funny story about Dave Hughes. At the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo, by The Michigan Fly Fishing Club, Dave was one of our premier presenters some years ago. I can do microphone introductions and I was chosen to introduce Dave. Got to spend the entire weekend with him and talked about all ...

I have never even thought about a Brown Drake spider. Great looking pattern and I plan to give this a lot of thought and tie some flies to try this year.
Living on the MANISTEE River makes it an easy test.
Thank you for making the creative juices flow.
Al

Beautiful fly. I tie some with dyed tail feathers to produce different colors. And some with the feathers hanging off the back as tails. They are all great fish catching patterns.