Enough with the magnets and the midges! I want more information on the Makers Mark!

I got my copy a couple of days ago, and there's a lot to unpack in that book. I used to spend so much time trying to tie the perfect nymph pattern and here they are, using nothing but varnished copper wire. Good stuff.

Nicely done, that's a fantastic tie.

Theroe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:57 am Mike
Why don’t you take the “start drinking early” approach, and see what comes out????


Ya Never know

Dana

My twin grandsons, 2.5 years old, live with me; I already drink to excess.

I've never tried to mix the dubbing colors like that on the block; I will now. Gorgeous fly.

What Roadkill said.

letumgo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:55 am
(swearing also helps when the tip breaks)

Swearing ...a lot, that's the part I'm wicked good at.

Well this thread has me thinking. What a wonderful gift; funny how the world works sometimes. I have enough whitetail antler kicking around, it's -10 below zero outside, the shop is heated... it's worth a try. Unfortunately, I think the bobbin is above my pay grade, but a few other bone handled impl...

Wow. So much history and tradition packed into such a beautifully tied fly. Gorgeous.

There was a discussion about Quill Gordon ( Epeorus pleuralis ) on another forum, which is an early season Eastern US mayfly hatch. That got me tying another Epeorus mayfly - Epeorus vitreus , which I have witnessed and fished in the Upper Midwest. Epeorus mayflies are the perfect example of a wing...