Dang, Wayne, if I was a fish, I'd eat that sucker in half a heartbeat.

Lovely wee fly, Tom. That's a vibrant yellow seal. Hopefully, it will catch the fish's eye as quickly as it caught mine.

A few years ago I was in Arkansas fishing. I was in a crowded parking lot and putting on my waders with others doing the same. An older woman approached me and said that" God loves you and wanted you to have this" turned and walked away. A beautiful wooden box with a fly fishing picture o...

They are beautiful birds, Carl. We had a couple pairs that would stop in with us for a few days on their migration routes. We used to get quite a few species when we lived in Washington.

I've used Panton pens in the past on various materials with great success and on hackle with varied success. Someone in the local fly fishing club said they'd had good luck with Chartpack pens. May have to try a few.

If there is a music store in your area that sells violins and cellos, they probably carry beautiful, white, stallion tail hair. It's used on the bow of those stringed instruments.

They probably also have different grades of rosin, if you want to make your own tying waxes.

DUBBN, yup, nothing compared to the sweet sound of a Mourning Dove. I have heard they are slightly tastier than the Mourning Dove and much larger. This thing about them being a good Dotterel sub is a bonus.

Washington State has a Black Skwala Stonefly hatch that happens around early April, depending on weather. We used to live a ten minute drive from the Deschutes River in Washington, not Oregon. The river runs past the old Rainier Brewery and the State Capitol Campus in Olympia. The river is open to f...

Nicely tied fly. Horse hair makes great bodies or overbodies on flies. It does stretch a bit when wet. Leaders and lines were made from the white tail hairs of a lusty stallion. Mares urinate on their tails, making the hairs weaker. I'd hate to have the fish of a lifetime break off because a horse h...

I'm like Ray. How did I miss these. Both are beautiful examples. Nicely done.