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by swellcat
Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: quill body hot spot scores
Replies: 12
Views: 8170

Re: quill body hot spot scores

How small is he?
by swellcat
Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:11 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Partridge & Yellow
Replies: 52
Views: 17181

Re: Scum-Sucker Special: Partridge & Yellow

I'm just here to inhabit the miasma.
by swellcat
Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Burlap Fore and Aft
Replies: 2
Views: 1427

Re: Immortality: Burlap Fore and Aft

No doubt George is long gone but but his fly lives on . . .

To me, that is the only real "immortality": when someone remembers us.
by swellcat
Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:10 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Pink Lady
Replies: 10
Views: 3809

Re: Pink Lady

That's very inviting, and it looks to me like it would have crossover (to warm water) appeal.
by swellcat
Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:38 pm
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Clark's Spinning Block vs The Dubber
Replies: 70
Views: 203256

Re: Clark's Spinning Block vs The Dubber

Amazing, anticipatory progression. I was going to suggest Osage Orange as the runner up (or co-winner) for Official Spinning-Block Wood of Texas. It's the only wood I know denser than mesquite: it is HEAVY and was used by American Indians for war clubs, in addition to bows, as referenced by the Fren...
by swellcat
Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:25 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Deer Fly
Replies: 15
Views: 5281

Re: Deer Fly

Image
That ain't too ugly.
by swellcat
Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:23 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Spruce Spider
Replies: 19
Views: 6277

Re: Spruce Spider

". . . steal a copy."
"Steal this book."

Rough out there, in quasi-capitalist land.
by swellcat
Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:41 am
Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
Topic: Clark's Spinning Block vs The Dubber
Replies: 70
Views: 203256

Re: Clark's Spinning Block vs The Dubber

. . . love these blocks in walnut.
Yes, it looks nice . . . which makes me think mesquite would be good, too.
by swellcat
Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:00 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: PInk Squirrels
Replies: 9
Views: 4955

Re: Pank Squirrels

Pink Squirrels seem to catch Trout in any water. Pools, riffles, slow runs, weedy water. Fished deep, fished shallow, works everywhere. — William Schlafer, in a speculative discussion about why this pattern is effective, The Pink Squirrel Theory
by swellcat
Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:21 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: May We
Replies: 11
Views: 4080

Re: May We

Pizazz: it has it.