Ken, I caught them in a reservoir and the stream that feeds it.

Excellent story Ron!!!

Thank you Mike, I am impressed with this feather.

I liked that video. It reminded me of how my dad loved to throw wet flies.

Updtate wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:47 pm If you know Davy and spent some time with him you would realize just how knowledgeable he truly is. He's also a banjo player!!!
Tom

I take it back. Banjo players are exempt from scrutiny.

plvankampen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:53 am

DUBBN wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:06 pm I am not a Wotton fan,...

Any reason in particular?

None worth discussing.

quote=plvankampen post_id=117374 time=1692651354 user_id=2889] I see comments about how traditionally wets should be fished down and across. Really?! Nothing could be further from the truth - at least from how I understand it. [/quote] I would venture a guess that most American anglers associate Sof...

Fishnkilts wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:09 pm DUBBN, those are incredible looking flies. I like how the hackle lays back a bit more than what I'm used to seeing.

The orange head really makes the deal.

Thank you. It's kind of the byproduct of using the over size hackle. The fish do not mind it.

Ron, the Prairie chicken you gifted me is amazing. So far it is the only pattern that has taken trout this late Spring and Summer on every trip. It is rivaling my Muskrat, and Yellow and Partridge as my top producer. I am using it as a March Brown/Hares Ear soft hackle. I struggled tying with it in ...

Bill, these patterns are so valuable on the tail waters I fish, year round, and the Freestone rivers this time of year. They work nymphing and as a dry and everything in-between.

Great job.