Inconnu

I'll have to go look at it. My largest was 25 1/2" out of a lake in B.C.

Jon G your flies arrived today! The delivery guy left them with our neighbour, who came running out to give them to me. I said "Oh boy my bugs are here!!" Maybe not the best thing to say to a woman walking over the ice in bare feet, but I'm sure she'll get over it. I have to say you have chosen a unique method of creating your flies. This swap has turned out some really great ideas and flies, I hope you all try to fish some of them. If anyone wants to post their pics of the materials they received that is great. Please refrain from posting fly pics just yet. Thanks guys, it sounds like the rest are on the way....Kerry

I sent mine by air today, this was a blast and I came up with a new pattern as well. Thanks!

I have dealt with them for a particular item and while it was backordered, they kept me up to speed on the items arrival time. I would deal with them more frequently without hesitation, but I have another great ditrubutor just north of me (and more to the point, in Canada) that does an internet business equally as good service wise and I am trying to support my local flyshop, though they don't really seem to have a tyer on staff and are driving me a little nuts! You won't go wrong with J. Stockard though.

I am so sorry to hear of this tragedy. My thoughts are with the survivors, the families and with you.

That is a great pattern. I like the black and white, but the versatility regarding colour changes is great.

Is this the before picture? We don't get to see a naked pheasant running from the yard? They are a really beautiful bird aren't they? My dad used to leave a row of corn for the pheasants to eat over the winter. He taight us to build a figure 4 trap and let us trap them, but wouldn't let us hurt the critter. After a while I think they figured getting caught was just part of the daily feeding in the corn patch.

Mine will be in the mail tomorrow.

We use a similar pattern here called the Bow River Bugger. I tie them with light or dark olive, or black chenille bodies and natural deerhair heads. You did a nice job on that fly.

That's okay guys, Monday wasn't the 27th either.

I'm glad that they arrived! Thanks for the kind words. I have the pattern in Terry Hellicksons' book....the name of which escapes me at the moment, I tried tying it about 20 years ago and then sort of forgot about it. When I was looking through books I thought it might be a good pattern to send since it originated in the right area. I hope you guys catch some fish on them....Kerry

If you cannot get Polar Bear you might try dyed goat, or if you don't mind a slight change in the overall look of the fly because it doesn't have the fine tips of PB try Yak, it is very transluscent, but it is kinky material. That is a very nice fly, makes me long for th fjords....or at least the coast.

I read the deer post and this came to mind. Didn't want to hijack a thread so I'll put it here and pretend I'm chatting over a fire and a beer. I had this friend in Northeastern British Cokumbia who was a cowboy. Not the pretend kind, Tom was the real thing right down to his weaponry. At some time or another during a domestic spell he was experiencing, Tom raised up a bunch of chickens. They were a good mix of colours etc. so I asked him if he wanted to cape some out and I'd buy them for a couple of bucks apiece. Tom thought about that for .5 seconds and said "Show me!" I showed him the pattern for caping and since he was a trapper as well when he wasn't being domestic or a cowboy he thought he could do it and double what he got for his chickens. One thing led to another and Tom decided to try wrangling chickens, pheasants and guinea fowl. Everything else he had wrangled had had a shot at killing him at one time or another so he figured he would be a little safer doing fowl. I should note that the foxes figured they had died and gone to heaven as well.....then some of them DID go to heaven and his flytying inventory was increased. Anyway, he wanted me to come to this outdoor show with him and show people what he was raising and how to use it, so I said sure. At the time I felt pretty safe, no open lights, no black powder and no longhorns. So they are 45 minutes late picking me up....oh yeah his other buddy "Not too bright Bob." I loaded up my table and my tying kit and jumped in the truck with them. So we're driving off down the road and I notice that the two of them are smiling like skunks eating.....stuff.....out of a paper cup. I asked "what's up with you two?" Tom in his usual drawl that made him seem far wiser than he really was, said "Me an' Bob just scored BIG!" I asked....should have remembered not to but alas it was too late. Bob had been clutching this big green garbage bag between his knees and he pulled it open with a triumphant flourish. Yeah it was full of.....well they had been driving along the Alaska Hwy and seen a large mule deer dead in the ditch, still fresh....and it was Autumn. So they park beside it so nobody can see what they are doing and as Tom said "I outs with ma' Arkansas Toothpick (yes he had one) and shaved the one side of the deer an' put all the hair in this bag here!!" I tried to explain that it was much better on the skin, but didn't have the heart to tell him, I let him bask in the glow....and the newly released odor of roadkill hair. In B.C. road crews come along and remove road kill and I always wondered what they thought when they found a dead shaved deer in the ditch.....true story, which is sometimes a saddening thing.

Free deer hair is good, but it is better that you are okay. Also for insurance purposes...the deer hit you. Take care....Kerry

Make sure it is not an oil based lotion. Actually clean water is the best and if it is bad, just go to the hospital, don't wait on it. Take care.....Kerry

Nice Deeky! That woud work in cold waters as well.

I'd use them on the west coast along the kelp beds for Coho or whatever happened to be feeding there. Nice pattern.

1) Mustad 80% 2) Tiemco 10% 3) Argus 5% 4) Others (sorry my mind is blank) 5% Mostly it is availability at my local shop, but Mustad prices are still an influence.

Nice patterns! You know what they say; "A couple that ties together....has twice as much deerhair and marabou stuck to the furniture!" My wife used to tie with me, mostly because she wanted to see what it was all about. Now she does scrapbooking and has shown me a whole new source of materials!

If it really bothers you, paint the head with a couple of coats of black nail polish and put eyes on it. It would look like it was supposed to be tied like that. They are nice patterns.

I put the cone on and then wrap a thin layer of thread in the head position. The "head" should be just heavy enough to have to gently force the cone over the thread. I position the cone as straight as possible and hang it with the number of others you need, on a piece of wood or foam or wahtever you have handy. Go along and put a drop of Zap-a-Gap or locktite in the hollow of each cone and let them dry for awhile. This has worked well for me.

Mine will be in the mail in the next day or two, thought I better give you an update...

I was hoping my bugs would be there by now....ahhh well the suspense continues.

Here comes Santa Clause, Here comes Santa Clause...... Those are great looking flies folks! By the way I screwed up my label. The hook I used was a Mustad #6 9672 I think.

I don't know what is with the Postal service on both sides of the border, it has been wierd since Christmas. No problem though. Flies should be in the mail folks.....I'll let it go until Monday the 27. I need to hear from everyone, one way or another so I know what is coming. Hope you all had fun....Kerry