Back in my Texas days, a friend was doing quite well on the Guadalupe during the winter trout season. The Guad was the only Texas river with water cold enough to support rainbows. The Texas TU chapter ( yes there was only one TX chapter) would buy 30000 or so hatchery trout and plant them in the tai...

mike you must prefer brunettes...

I just received my order of the grizzly dyed fiery brown and the coachman brown... two very nice capes. I especially like the fiery brown....

I recently watched a Zoom presentation by the Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild and was surprised to see the presenter tie and discuss the Coch y Bondhu. He also mentioned his preference for swinging soft hackles. Most of these folks are experienced tyers and this fellow shared a couple very good tips ...

those are beautiful renditions of Lafontaine's classic. Around here He's regarded as something of a god of the caddis. I guess he spent a fair amount of time with a scuba mask and recording his observations. I have two of his books and have to say, I've done much better with Syl Neme's mother's day ...

thanks guys.... wish all those old photos from photo bucket were still around..

I'd love to see a Wild Bill's Stone Nymph but unfortunately the photos don't load in the original posts... can anyone show me one...

dang it... midge season will be over before we really get to try these guys... I'm out of commission for the next month... cataract surgery and recovery time will keep me off the water until early Feb... maybe we can still hit it in Feb...

now that is a winner....thanks for sharing

I unashamedly stole this idea and have started a library too. I had been trying to figure out a way to save the swap flies I've received. I had them in baseball card cases...but no way to save the toe tags, recipe cards etc that came with the flies. Fortunately, I saved most of the tags, and could m...