Very nice photo, Alan. I like your version of this fly as well.

I've got 4 Grouse that have found my bird feeders this winter. It's the one bird the damn Blue Jays can't seem to bully. A hoard of 20 Turkeys showed up yesterday as well. They're back right now, scratching and looking for more sunflower seeds. I'd love to see them stay all winter but I'll go bankru...

That's a great picture of Rosborough; I had never seen that one before. Thanks for posting it.

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wsbailey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:16 pm Video about Cutcliffe.

There's a sale on right now on pre-orders of Gaskill's new book: https://doublebadgers.kartra.com/page/cutcliffe-main

That looks like a great read; just put it on my Christmas list. We'll see if Santa is paying attention.

I can never seem to come to a satisfying consensus with myself when it comes to bling. I'll go through periods of blinging everything under heaven and then I'll have yet another epiphany and want to throw all of the shiny stuff away. I'm always fighting the thought that I've gone just over the edge ...

Beautiful work as always, Alan.

The 'extensive' reply is appreciated; I remember reading about the spill and being horrified. We have some of the same issues here what with agricultural runoff and large timber companies cutting too close to watersheds, fines be damned. I spend an inordinate amount of time wrestling with water cons...

Nice to see such a beautiful fish rising from the Sacramento. Baz, are there any lingering issues from the Dunsmuir spill still affecting the waters there? Alan Petrucci (SSR) ties a wonderful little Grouse and Flash that I've stolen and it works wonderfully on the small stream brookies up here. Its...

It comes well recommended then. I'll definitely put it on the list of flies to try this coming season. Thanks for the report, I appreciate it.

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:37 pm Very nice, Norm. Happens to be a new favorite of mine for the Brookies here in Maine.

Do tell, Ron. Specifics, man, specifics. I may have to try it next season up on the Fish.