Great fly! I happen to be reading that book now along with Trout Diaries. Thanks for sharing.

William,
Wow! Thanks for the input and for the photos. Thanks to everyone else as well for your input.

Wow!! That is an amazing picture. Such a simple but beautiful fly. Thanks for posting it

I was talking to a fellow fly fishing friend of mine, who is an experienced fly fisher (don't want to say old because we all getting older) and he was adamant about using black hooks for tying flies. He thought that bronze hooks or silver hooks spook fish. It started me thinking and sometimes I thin...

Smuggler,
That sounds pretty interesting and I will give a go for sure! Thanks for the explanation and I will keep you posted.

Smuggler,
That is an interesting strike indicator. Are you fishing with those while swinging the fly? How long of a cast can you affectively use the coil indicator? Thanks. Otto

Smuggler, I agree with more success with smaller snipe/partridge and purple soft hackled flies and tie them down to a size #20. Could elaborate on the indicator system you mentioned. Ginger dun, I was fishing the Watauga in Tennessee. I had an amazing day and it made coming to work today that much h...

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rest of pics.....sorry

Well, I finally got time away to do some fishing and the weather was finally cooperating. We have received our fair share of rain lately. My friend and I planned a full float on his drift boat that he built a few years ago. They were generating full force at the start of the day, so we planned on dr...