Thanks for the Welcome!

Hank! Yes... been a while since I posted! Stopped by on occasion. Missing the life and flow of this site! Life is a bit more on track, time allows and fishing again! Learning all over, how to tie with one eye going sad...LOL Right Eye dominate and not its fuzzy on a good day! Whip-finishing is a lau...

Two factors may be of minor interest. One, a small ball of hares ear behind the hackle will collect a bit of air and maintain a buoyancy that a spider without the dubbing would not. That would effect the behavior to some degree. Hi, to all! Been a bit! Hope no one missed me much! I agree, William! ...

Great Thread of knowledge here! There are a few things that I've added to my up "tricks" in handling an up-stream cast. I tend to use a long leader an like already noted cast in "short casts". The one thing that I add though, are a few short (about 3/8--1/2"-long) pieces of ...

Now that one is really a sweet deal! Great colors!
FliTrap

Yes! A fine tye! Thank you for re-posting!
FliTrap

What? Only one other person has hair form a "wild cat"... There is a fur collection going on here as well... the trophy being a full pelt of Louisiana Bob Cat (yes, it has the appropriate tag still attached from the Conservation Dept!) There are the three mink looking critters from Russia;...

Just as important to have a number of "casting skills" in your pocket, its also important to lock into those little differences that "just happen" right before hooking that last fish! While we talk of using a specific presentation, its what happens to our line, the leader and the...

Hans!
Pulling out the oldies!
Any chance of a link for the pic of this fly?
FliTrap

Great Fly, Old Hat! I enjoy the way that the difference materials carry through the tints in the colors. I was wondering if you can lend some insight as to the origins of the feathers referenced to Canon Greenwell, then for the Greenwell's Glory. Did he select from a specific line of birds or was he...