Just an observation..., but I'd love to see your version of 'crap' and the first two attempts. My guess is, they were spectacular. It may be a 'simple' fly to you, but to my eye, it borders on the sublime. Nicely done, Norm. Nicely done.

I'm gonna' add my two thumbs to Hanks's two thumbs and give you a rousing four thumbs up review. Great tutorial, as usual.

I love this pattern. Nicely done.

Theroe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:36 am Tom - thats a "10"


I still cant catch fish on purple.....


Dana

I gave up trying many moons ago. Alan has tried, in his gentle way, to guide me to a fishier place in the purplesphere; but all his efforts have been for naught.

I keep eyeing the grackles that swarm our bird feeders. Vickie spends good money to feed the song birds, mourning doves, wild turkeys and woodpeckers. When the grackles are here they will swarm the yard looking for anything and everything edible, driving out everything else, except the turkeys. Tho...

Yes- I have multiple spools of all of both wood and plastic, old and new versions. It appears that the dye batches were different over the years……. For me, when I didn’t have certain colors on wood spools, I had to have it. Once they were in my possession I realized just about any substitute will d...

Mike - how about Scattering a bit of sweet feed out in the field? You do have starlings up by you, no? 😂 They are rumored to be here, though I've not seen any this far north. The state of Maine does classify them as a pest. Grackles on the other hand show up in clouds once or twice a season and act...

In my next life I want to come back with Norm's sense for proportions. Beautiful tie, Norm.

Is that a grunge thing? Ray just coined a new fly fishing term: Stream Punk!

That's the problem with Partridge: proportions. Actually, it isn't Partridges' fault; obviously, it's mine. Just when I get a pattern figured out...

Nice review, T.

Mike