John graciously played host to me this year in the early summer, albeit short, spending time with John is always rewarding. I can attest to this collection being absolutely astonishing. I just sat in bewilderment as John was laying out text after text, going into great detail about this and that wit...

True enough Bob! My apologies.

Hey Blueback, Good question for sure. Dabbler wings are interesting for sure, not a style of winging used in the US a lot. It's mainly for fishing wet flies tandem style and pulling them through bubble lines in lough (lake) fishing instances. Dabbler wings are tied in 4 sections with small slips of ...

Davy knot is by far and away my favorite knot for tippet > fly connection.

Thanks for these Ray!

WiFlyfisher wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:23 pm

Smuggler wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:17 pm Probably one of my favorite patterns. A phenomenal fly for Tricos as well as Olives.

Bill, your exceptional skills are on display with this one! Thanks for sharing.

Really, phenomenal fly for Tricos?????

John

Sure is! If you dare tying this on a 20

Probably one of my favorite patterns. A phenomenal fly for Tricos as well as Olives.

Bill, your exceptional skills are on display with this one! Thanks for sharing.

The Earth tones of this line of dubbing are really nice, I must admit. As the photo clearly shows, they make wonderful little flymph bodies.

It's worth buying. IN MASS QUANTITIES!

I remember watching those as they happened! Jim's secret dubbing recipe for the Mauler .

Ray taught me, and some other a good way to gauge silk length for a body. He takes the spool and makes one wrap length wise around a standard dubbing block and cuts it. That doubled over makes a fairly good length to tie 1-1 flymphs in a 14-16 size range I find. Ray, maybe you posted something here ...

Looks good to me!