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Fun fact number five: I pick up just about every dead critter I come across...... Eric Leiser published a book about fly tying materials which I purchased decades ago. Ever since then, I never pass a good roadkill!

Ask William.....

Dana

Theroe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:24 am dd
Fun fact number five: I pick up just about every dead critter I come across...... Eric Leiser published a book about fly tying materials which I purchased decades ago. Ever since then, I never pass a good roadkill!

Ask William.....

Dana

Dana,
I also have FLY-TYING MATERIALS by Eric Leiser…… I refer to it often.
There are also many really good fly patterns in Eric’s book.
Eric changed the way I looked at roadkills also.

Lou

Eric Leiser helped popularize woodchuck for fly tying. I use to be semi-addicted to picking up roadkill. I found a cure when a trapper offered to send me some (whole frozen) woodchuck. Unfortunately, he sent me the wrong package. It contained two frozen baby goats. The trapper told me to toss them. Unfortunately, it was the day after trash pickup day. Even after wrapping the goats in multiple layers; they soon began to stink to high heaven. It was a long week waiting for the next trash day. The smell lingered for some time after that. Later on, the frozen woodchuck arrived. Fourteen in all! Fortunately, the whole episode didn’t cost me any money; only a lot of grief. I think I could still be tempted by a meadow vole though.

Variant wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:18 am

Theroe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:24 am dd
Fun fact number five: I pick up just about every dead critter I come across...... Eric Leiser published a book about fly tying materials which I purchased decades ago. Ever since then, I never pass a good roadkill!

Ask William.....

Dana

Dana,
I also have FLY-TYING MATERIALS by Eric Leiser…… I refer to it often.
There are also many really good fly patterns in Eric’s book.
Eric changed the way I looked at roadkills also.

Lou

I personally liked Eric Leiser-that particular book of his is mandatory reading for any serious Flyfisher/fly tyer.

At the end of the book he lists the condor nymph as one of his favorite patterns. I still tie and fish that pattern to this day, albeit with a partridge hackle wound collar style in front. It is deadly......

Theroe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:01 pm

Variant wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:18 am

Theroe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:24 am dd
Fun fact number five: I pick up just about every dead critter I come across...... Eric Leiser published a book about fly tying materials which I purchased decades ago. Ever since then, I never pass a good roadkill!

Ask William.....

Dana

Dana,
I also have FLY-TYING MATERIALS by Eric Leiser…… I refer to it often.
There are also many really good fly patterns in Eric’s book.
Eric changed the way I looked at roadkills also.

Lou

I personally liked Eric Leiser-that particular book of his is mandatory reading for any serious Flyfisher/fly tyer.

At the end of the book he lists the condor nymph as one of his favorite patterns. I still tie and fish that pattern to this day, albeit with a partridge hackle wound collar style in front. It is deadly......

I have fished the variant (wingless dry fly) since the early 80s with good success, very easy tie.
Lou

I really enjoyed the vision of Dana walking through Penn Station, eyes glued to the concrete, searching for 'roadkill'. It sounds like a scene from "The Wind in the Willows": Dana of Toad Hall (Manhattan), filling his many pocketed coat with furry little corpses.

I passed a dead moose on the way into Caribou this morning and thought of Dana gleefully trying to stuff the poor thing into an empty pocket.

“Tell me about the rabbits George.”

Mike62 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:11 am I really enjoyed the vision of Dana walking through Penn Station, eyes glued to the concrete, searching for 'roadkill'. It sounds like a scene from "The Wind in the Willows": Dana of Toad Hall (Manhattan), filling his many pocketed coat with furry little corpses.

I passed a dead moose on the way into Caribou this morning and thought of Dana gleefully trying to stuff the poor thing into an empty pocket.

Ha!
On MORE than one occasion, I have picked up dead critters in front of clients. Last year I was on the roof of Madison Square Garden (which is a big flat circle) with only a few exhaust fan vent hoods on it...... I was up therelooking at a job to do for them: and lo and behold there were two dead flickers right next to one of the exhaust fans without hesitation I bent over to pick both of them up and stuff them into my inside suit jacket pocket..... The one woman who was there with us was absolutely horrified. If I could’ve taken a picture of her face I could’ve put it on Instagram and I would’ve gone viral with 5 million views.
Me, being the extreme quick thinker that I am, said “glad I saw those dead birds ..... I had to pick them up, so the smell wouldn’t go down the air intake and bother any of the patrons“..
She approves.
And Yes I was awarded the project.....

Leisenring mentions field mouse, which I take to mean meadow vole, but doesn’t list it any of his patterns. The picture is of a small one that was caught in a mouse trap.

wsbailey wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:52 pm Leisenring mentions field mouse, which I take to mean meadow vole, but doesn’t list it any of his patterns. The picture is of a small one that was caught in a mouse trap.

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Where I live in New Jersey, we have both field mice and woodland voles. The woodland voles that I have trapped down here are Very close to water rat - Rob Smith had a small piece that he let me look at the last fly tying symposium. I also use Field-mouse quite a bit, it is an excellent light dubbing.I also use Fieldmouse quite a bit, it is an excellent light dubbing
Dana