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- 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...
- 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.
- 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...)
(of course yours look better than mine...)
- 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
Which word -,damn, or fantastic?Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:51 pmThanks, Ray. I was trying to think of a superlative that hasn't been used too often with Norm's flies. Yours is perfect.
- 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...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Red Oaks Partridge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9562
Re: Red Oaks Partridge
I stole that one so fast it would make your head spin.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Getland
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1746
Re: Getland
Absolutely! Between Red Sox spring training (praying for Chaim Bloom to get fired) and ice out, it's going to be a long winter.Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:42 amKind of makes you look forward to next spring doesn't it.