I use the HMH Spartan with midge jaws and have no problem with sizes 20-26 (other than my eyes!). One word of caution with the HMH is that I received a base which required an allen wrench to tighten the vise in the base which I did not like at all. Fortunately being a pack rat I had several other ba...

Although he wrote his book mostly in reference to dry flies, Len Wright's "Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect" makes a simple point that applies to all artificial flies and trout fishing in general: Trout are exposed to a lot of "stuff" in the stream's current and in their ow...

Where did you get the peacock herl? Great variation.

I tend to tie my soft-hackles in a more traditional proportion because I see no advantage in "short-tying" since I ususally do not go below size 18. The problem I have is gently and quickly releasing a trout on an exceptionall small hook (<22), so when I tie spinners for a hatch like the T...

Thanks for the welcome! I have a lot of catching up to do on all the past threads.

OK, I see my post was from 2009 also.

Hello - I am new to this site and it looks great. However, I don't see any posts beyond 2009. Is this site active?