RickA wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:48 pm Now there's a nice pair of twins in your net!
I plan to twist up a few of those patterns and might call them 101's

Rick, that would be an awesome name!!!

Thanks folks. They are basic fly tying 101 patterns, but they have been effective the past few days.

I hope you are skipping to the river. The flies are awesome!

Thank you folks!!

I still have not fished.

Thank you , Ron.
Yes, each fly has a single piece of small mylar as a wing (hot spot?)

I have had three days off in a row and have not fished once. The BWO's are coming out on my local rivers. I threw size 18 Olives together. Hopefully, I will fish them soon. Probably with an upstream approach.

My memory isn't perfect, so I might have posted something in the past about the book called "ORANGE OTTER" written by Christopher Knowles. The book details the life, fishing and fly tying of Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire. I believe that the Reverend caught so many trout that h...

Holy smokes, I like that!!

Wayne, That is a great color! Is the hare's mask from Charlie's Fly Box? Thanks- Ken Ken, how did you know I got it at Charlies? That is awesome. Anyhow, I got to his shop and they were putting the Golden Brown and the Golden on display for sale. My eyes could not tell the difference between the tw...

Size 18 and 14. Copper beads