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by overmywaders
Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:38 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Storage of Soft Hackle Flies
Replies: 11
Views: 6916

Re: Storage of Soft Hackle Flies

You need Ginger Rogers to make Fred Astaire stand up :)
I use old Wheatley compartment boxes with the glass lids; also the much less expensive, but perfectly adequate Okuma which has foam on one side and lots of covered compartment on the other.
by overmywaders
Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:34 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Bamboo rods for flymphs
Replies: 177
Views: 113027

Re: Bamboo rods for flymphs

I acquired a new (old) rod about a month ago that has become my new favorite. It is a pre-1922 Leonard 9'6" 3/1. It casts a 4wt like a dream. When you start the forward cast you really only need to push with the thumb and tighten your grip -- no arm movement necessary. The snakes are diminutive...
by overmywaders
Sun May 06, 2012 1:59 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Old knots
Replies: 19
Views: 13025

Re: Old knots

Hans, Nice knot! Johnp, I also lost the sensitivity in my fingers; however, the greater problem is tying on the first fly of the day. My hands shake so much in eagerness to be fishing, or anticipation, or buck fever, that I can't thread the tippet through the eye of the hook. :) I've had this proble...
by overmywaders
Sun May 06, 2012 9:32 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Old knots
Replies: 19
Views: 13025

Re: Old knots

The Davy knot is much the same as the Cleave, or Figure Eight, knot. In fact, many fishermen do a rotation of the fly before the final insertion of the tag end. This is a more secure knot, but it is now the Cleave Knot.

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Regards,
Reed
by overmywaders
Sat May 05, 2012 3:09 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Old knots
Replies: 19
Views: 13025

Re: Old knots

I use the Turle knot, at the top of column three for most up-eye and down-eye flies. It is fast, easy, and doesn't allow the fly to pivot out of line. I also use the Figure-Eight Knot (it also has an older name, which I can't recall) for straight-eye hooks and large flies. All the tying of this know...
by overmywaders
Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:34 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Fly Namers, their variations - naming
Replies: 25
Views: 11806

Re: Fly Namers, their variations - naming

Concerning Catskill dries, if you went to Mary Dette and asked for a dozen Royal Wulffs, she might show you the door. Or, she might say, "I'll tie some Quacks." Here is the history, as I compiled it many years ago: The Curious History of the Quack Coachman A Compilation of Writings "H...
by overmywaders
Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:00 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: The Color Orange
Replies: 61
Views: 28421

Re: The Color Orange

I want to go fishing, too. We've had some much-needed rain and the rivers are coming to a nice level. I think I will tie some Partridge and Orange as well as some Mock Snipe and Purple this weekend (I have no snipe, despite endless hunting). Yes, that sounds very, very good. Have a good weekend, Reed
by overmywaders
Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: The Color Orange
Replies: 61
Views: 28421

Summary of previous post

Summary of previous post: I don't blame anyone who finds the technical details of my previous post burdensome and boring. Not all scientists can do standup, and those two aren't among the few. However, in summary, what the scientists - specifically trout vision specialists - are telling us is that r...
by overmywaders
Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:48 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: The Color Orange
Replies: 61
Views: 28421

Re: The Color Orange

Otter, I assume by now you have at least searched for a means to read my book. Don't tell me how, I don't wish to appear complicit; I'll watch the newspaper headlines for mysterious nocturnal events. :D Had you done so, you would have noted the following cites: [44]“Interestingly, ambient light at d...
by overmywaders
Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:47 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: UV, Purple and Orange
Replies: 14
Views: 8862

Re: UV, Purple and Orange

Jim, A huge project indeed. Apparently, no-one had taken UV photos of mayflies and caddis before the folks at UNH kindly let me into their collection of ents. Birds have received lots of UV attention because of the UV honesty markings. Butterflies and moths are UV poster children. Even Tenerif lizar...