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by Otter
Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:47 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Where are the tout !!!!!
Replies: 294
Views: 102454

Re: Where are the tout !!!!!

Moving to the cabin, safer for hank there :D
by Otter
Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:51 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Where are the tout !!!!!
Replies: 294
Views: 102454

Re: Where are the tout !!!!!

The RV looked spick and span, everything in its right place, well at least the right place for Hank, others may think differently. Rascal would have preferred the dog biscuits a little lower down and not in a sealed container, no matter how he tried to convince Hank otherwise, he reluctantly accepte...
by Otter
Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:18 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Where are the tout !!!!!
Replies: 294
Views: 102454

Re: Where are the tout !!!!!

Where are all the "tout" hunters gone Hank, Rascal stared at the screen, no new posts , quiet, very quiet. "Roscoe, the sob's are gone to Roscoe. Hope the trout give them a good licking. Nothing to read with the coffee for the next week, we may as well tidy up the RV Rascal" but ...
by Otter
Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:27 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: A lighthearted read, with solid content amidst the frivolity
Replies: 7
Views: 3861

Re: A lighthearted read, with solid content amidst the frivolity

[quote="tie2fish"didacticism ;) .[/quote] thats a mother and a father of a word , googled, found definition and am therfore a word wiser :D thanks for the instruction which enlighened without being didactic :D :D :D :D Have you ever sat at the vice and whacked out a few different spiders, ...
by Otter
Thu May 31, 2012 5:00 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Feather Substitution
Replies: 7
Views: 4018

Re: Feather Substitution

One thing to bear in mind when looking for waterhen substitute is that there is a brown hue to waterhen feathers and I would agree with philip that the inherent elasticity of many game bird feathers is quite important.
by Otter
Mon May 28, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: P&Q
Replies: 4
Views: 1765

Re: P&Q

Ticks all the right boxes
by Otter
Sun May 20, 2012 6:09 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Focus shifting to CDC
Replies: 27
Views: 7002

Re: Focus shifting to CDC

Its only fair when offered a fly dressing to eventually post your findings. Bailies Purple as advocated by Mike works nicely in an Iron Blue hatch, on my last two outings I took some fish on it, I can only imagine how many a skilled wet fly angler would take. Today it accounted for a few at the star...
by Otter
Sat May 19, 2012 1:49 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: They are Wingless Wet Flies
Replies: 13
Views: 5834

Re: They are Wingless Wet Flies

Yes you are right there, that is the kind of thing they use for stocked rainbows on the English reservoirs. I copied that from a fly catalogue catering to that trade. As we jazz fans used to say in the fifties and sixties, that just ain't my bag. :lol: Our old friend Mark Romero would have apprecia...
by Otter
Fri May 18, 2012 3:20 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: They are Wingless Wet Flies
Replies: 13
Views: 5834

Re: They are Wingless Wet Flies

Donald Nicolson wrote:How about this then
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Sure there is no accounting for what a sasenach will design and tie on a hook :)
It has a tail and a wing and a body but it aint a flea.
by Otter
Fri May 18, 2012 7:07 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: They are Wingless Wet Flies
Replies: 13
Views: 5834

Re: They are Wingless Wet Flies

Ironmonger?????? The only thing approaching iron are the hooks and they are steel. :evil: :lol: ;) ok Fishmonger :) :) no matter your religion a hell of a lot of trout fall to beadheads every season and if trout aint coming up then ya gotta go down. now heres the question, have u ever seen a winged...