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by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 11:07 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Hustler Flymph
Replies: 17
Views: 4055

Re: Hustler Flymph

NightWatchman wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 10:23 pm Beautiful fly Steve.
Thank you sir. Also a utilitarian beauty. The Hustler is a reliable bait.
by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Hustler Flymph
Replies: 17
Views: 4055

Hustler Flymph

Can't remember if I've already posted this one or not, but if I have, forgive me, I'm claiming dementia. This one is working good over western march brown, & also spotted sedge. hustler 038.JPG hook: #10-#14 thread: tan UNI 8/0 hackle: brahma hen rib: gold wire body: natural amber seal & tho...
by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 9:51 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Ida May
Replies: 4
Views: 1181

Re: Ida May

Nice tie. In 'Nymph Fishing For Larger Trout' Brooks indicates that this one fishes for green drake. It is a very good drake emerger.
by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 9:45 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dick's Killer Bucktail
Replies: 15
Views: 3579

Re: Dick's Killer Bucktail

Beautiful pattern Steve and as Ray said, It's good to see you posting again! It sounds like you need a hobby to occupy your time! Might we suggest fly fishing and tying? You are indeed a busy man! Gotta admire you for that! Dougsden I couldn't determine if the original had wire, however I did wind ...
by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 9:41 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dick's Killer Bucktail
Replies: 15
Views: 3579

Re: Dick's Killer Bucktail

DOUGSDEN wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:26 am Beautiful pattern Steve and as Ray said, It's good to see you posting again! It sounds like you need a hobby to occupy your time! Might we suggest fly fishing and tying?
You are indeed a busy man! Gotta admire you for that!
Dougsden
You may suggest. A fine idea that!
by UC Steve
Tue May 24, 2022 9:38 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dick's Killer Bucktail
Replies: 15
Views: 3579

Re: Dick's Killer Bucktail

Beautifully dressed fly, Steve. I can definitely see this as a forerunner of the Edson Light Tiger. I might try a variant on local waters, using the brass Edson "cheeks" instead of the JC. PS. According to the American Museum of Fly Fishing website, Bill Edson and Dick fished together. Du...
by UC Steve
Fri May 20, 2022 3:37 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dick's Killer Bucktail
Replies: 15
Views: 3579

Re: Dick's Killer Bucktail

Ray, thanks for the kind words. Crazy-busy with guiding, building, preparing for the release of 'Trout Spey & The Art Of The Swing, any day now, & a new project, bringing Soft~Hackle Journal to a print quarterly (I'm perceiving a trend away from online reading, not overriding, but a trend no...
by UC Steve
Fri May 20, 2022 2:00 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Dick's Killer Bucktail
Replies: 15
Views: 3579

Dick's Killer Bucktail

An old yankee bucktail developed on the upper Connecticut River, on the Vermont / New Hampshire border. Rumored to be the forerunner of the Edson Tiger. Evidently travels well because it proved a fair producer swung over pre-spawn rainbows on the upper Columbia this Spring. dick's killer bucktail II...
by UC Steve
Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:14 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Brahma & Blue Fore & Aft
Replies: 12
Views: 3181

Re: Brahma & Blue Fore & Aft

DUBBN wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:33 pm I really like what you did with the Brahma Hackle. I need to encorporate this technique.

Gorgeous pattern!!
Dubbn, good technique for making lures. I credit the Irish. You see it on a lot of Irish flies, particularly the Bumble designs.
by UC Steve
Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:33 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Wing or no wing
Replies: 30
Views: 94044

Re: Wing or no wing

I'm probably way late for this (very good discussion) but can't resist 2 cents. In my own view a hackle collar serves as both wings & appendages for wee bugs like spring & summer caddis & mayflies. But I think it should be said (as some have pointed out) that many aquatic insects emerge ...