I received my copy as well.
Lance Hidy did a great piece on my favorite flymph, the Honey Dun.
I get great satisfaction tying and fishing the flymph patterns on the same waters as Pete Hidy did.

Lou

Nice and sparse, just the way I like them!
Well done Wayne.

Lou

I did not receive an email.
Thanks for he update Ken .

Lou

Norm,
THANK YOU for posting all your beautiful fly patterns!
I will miss not seeing your skill at the vise .
Happy Holidays!

Lou

Being a fly fishing history buff, I'm sure you have or have read The Fly Fisher's Craft The Art and History by Darrel Martin and The Colonial Angler's Manual of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying by Ken Reinard. Both deal with loop rods, horsehair fly lines, tying on eyeless hooks, etc. I was fortunate to s...

EARLY SCOTTISH ANGLING LITERATURE by Professor N.W. Simmonds published in 1997. This book is right down my alley because I am fascinated with the history of fly fishing . The book is , in effect about sport fishing in Scotland. The big heavy rods , braided horses hair casts , flies were tied on eyel...

Well done Norm !
Old school all the way with the snell, terrific!

Lou

I totally agree the the pattern has changed through the years.
Many years ago on the Penobscot River I saw many older gents fishing variation’s of this pattern for Atlantic salmon.

Lou

I also received my copy, great book !
Kudos on the fly patterns Ray.
Lou

Great fly pattern! Favorite fly of a Maine Indian Guide. Tomah Joseph, an Algonquin Indian from the Grand Lake Stream area in Maine was a fly fishing guide in the 1800s as well as an elder of the Passamaquoddy Indian tribe. He also built beautiful birch bark canoes ! Tomah Joseph was also a fishing ...