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The next challenge fly is: Lew Oatman’s Red Horse streamer

Yuk Bug Hook : Mustad 9672 #4 Thread: Black Monocord Tail: Gray Squirrel Tail Body: Black Chenille Legs: White rubber Hackle: Grizzly Saddle

I’ll give the Yuk Bug a shot.

Norm, If you log in to your Pirate Ship account, you should see the tracking numbers for all your transactions. Then you can just copy and paste as needed.

I believe you can get the tracking numbers from Pirate Ship when you purchase the label - for both the send and return labels. I’ve never had to go to the post office counter.

I’m also a Pirate Shipper. I don’t like the idea of sending cash through the mail.

Agreed. It was a special treat to get three flies from Norm. Of course, Nick’s efforts in pulling it all together cannot be understated.

Thanks! I knew I’d seen that thread before, but couldn’t remember where. i was never sure if the nymphs in Bergman’s book were “hard-body nymphs” or something else.

Has anybody here tied any of the three Hewitt nymphs featured in Plate 10 of Bergman’s Trout? There is not much description on the materials or techniques used. I’m a little puzzled on how to approach this, particularly the hackle section. I’m sure it’s adequately described in Hewitt’s books, but I don’t have any of them.

Just opened this beautifully tied box of emergers from Fishin’ Bob Nelson. Thank you Bob and Happy Holidays to all!

That sounds right. Before that, it was “zone numbers”.

Thanks Norm!

Nice Norm. Where did you find scarlet dubbing? I’m having trouble finding scarlet anything?

My package arrived today and is under the tree. Thanks to vicrider for hosting this and thanks to all for the extra goodies,

Last year, I had the idea of tying some salmon flies in small sizes and using them for trout. My home water is a spring creek. Streamers and wet flies work well there, so I had no doubts. I tied up a couple of Rusty Rats and Blue Rats in size #10. They worked well, as I expected. This year I thought I’d expand on the idea and added a few more patterns, all in size 10. Looking forward to trying these out in the spring.