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by Mike62
Thu Aug 24, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Davy Wotton : Wet Fly Ways :
Replies: 23
Views: 59120

Re: Davy Wotton : Wet Fly Ways :

quote=plvankampen post_id=117374 time=1692651354 user_id=2889] I see comments about how traditionally wets should be fished down and across. Really?! Nothing could be further from the truth - at least from how I understand it. I would venture a guess that most American anglers associate Softhackles...
by Mike62
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:43 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: Annual Arctic Grayling
Replies: 9
Views: 21342

Re: Annual Arctic Grayling

Sacrilege is good if used wisely.
by Mike62
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Starling & Olive
Replies: 3
Views: 9006

Re: Starling & Olive

This one pattern; this one, is all I need to fish virtually any northern Maine water. So well done, Norm. I am never without a handful of these, ever.

(of course yours look better than mine...)
by Mike62
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Green Drake Soft Hackle
Replies: 4
Views: 9442

Re: Green Drake Soft Hackle

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:51 pm
letumgo wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:36 pm Damn! That is fantastic!

Can you post a link for the video?
Thanks, Ray. I was trying to think of a superlative that hasn't been used too often with Norm's flies. Yours is perfect.
Which word -,damn, or fantastic?
by Mike62
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Must watch video
Replies: 8
Views: 24390

Re: Must watch video

I have definitely watched this. I have also definitely watched this at work which opened me up to both ridicule as well as interest. You know, 'you dress up better for fishing than work.'... and the like. But, there's only so many 'upstream wet fly fishing' videos that come up on youTube - which is...
by Mike62
Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Red Oaks Partridge
Replies: 5
Views: 9562

Re: Red Oaks Partridge

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:15 am That's gorgeous, Norm.
I stole that one so fast it would make your head spin.
by Mike62
Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Smelts
Replies: 5
Views: 1344

Re: Smelts

Ooooooh, those are niiiice, Norm. Smelts are a popular fly here, both trolling and casting. Landlock salmon eat them readily. Thanks for posting these. Everybody eats smelt! Before they crashed, the Fish River chain lakes produced some of the most monstrous smelt runs ever. Long Lake still has a de...
by Mike62
Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:27 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: The Pimp
Replies: 5
Views: 1363

Re: The Pimp

My sense is Norm could show us a piece of split-shot hanging off some 12lb. Berkley cable and make it look good. Ridiculous proportions, Norm; ...the fly is cool, too.
by Mike62
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Art Neu
Replies: 6
Views: 1594

Re: Art Neu

I don't know; I saw this pattern and was immediately transported back to 1981 and a seriously bad decision to go to Mardi Gras. Never again...
by Mike62
Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Getland
Replies: 7
Views: 1746

Re: Getland

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:42 am
Mike62 wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:25 pmThere we go!
Kind of makes you look forward to next spring doesn't it.
Absolutely! Between Red Sox spring training (praying for Chaim Bloom to get fired) and ice out, it's going to be a long winter.