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Been a couple of years since my last swap here... I am due and this sounds like a good one. I'm in with a gut sack!

I love the green blank!

AMAZING!!

A "cougar" for my age group is going to be 70+...

Prayers said for Ross and family.

Awesome work!!!

Blood knot dropper, blood loop dropper, dropper loop... You can call it whatever you like... search it and the first 3 hits have 3 different names. One is the real one. I get what you are saying in that it isn't a true blood knot, but it is blood knotish...

She is going to LOVE it!

I just started using the Blood Knot dropper. I am not having an issue with entanglement as the dropper tag comes out at 90* to the main line. Link: Blood knot dropper There are a couple ways to do it, but this is a good video. I know a guy that ties the knot pretty big and cuts one end at the knot itself leaving 6-8" and attaches a fly or more tippet to that.

HAHAHA! YES!!! Steve, is it too late to add that? If not, then I am down. She can be the girly-girl, but she also has that special something that allows her to get dirty and take some risk as well. My hands will be full when she is older... She just started school this year and I have her practicing putting her thumbs into the eyes of boys messing with her. She has done it to her older brothers when they wouldn't leave her alone... Much to the chagrin of her mother.... DOH! We typically fish stocked lakes and she wants assurance that the trout she caught is the trout she is eating... She wants to whack deer and rabbits as well. She has never turned her nose up at any game meat... I've begun "easing" her into the idea of conservation with letting the smaller ones go...

This came out better than I imagined!!! She is going to love it! FlaFly: The rod is 7'6" and the girl isn't dainty... She is my Warrior Princess... She is all about killing shit and eating it. This is her Christmas gift and will not likely get to use it until spring after things start to thaw.

Yes, looks identical to mesh wire loom. I saw Chris Krueger tying with it over the weekend.

I use just a little thick CA (generic Zap-a-Gap) to keep my biots in place. Nice tie, love you channel... been sub'd for a while.

Stocking 32 tons of trout daily... wow... a Purina Trout Chow imitation should do the trick... Looks like they changed the name to AquaMax...

You got no street cred, yo? Street Cred

I'd be down again

Well the float tube and bladder are in great shape. I tried to rapid fill it from an air tank and the rubber o-ring flew into the bladder itself. I pulled the one from the back rest and put it in the red fill tube. I put an o-ring in the other and it has held air in the backrest all day as full as I dare. I think I am ok, but no one has these valves... Not Caddis, NRS or Outcast. I'll continue my quest for some new valves and post up if I can find a suitable replacement. Thanks guys for the help (and encouragement)

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement valve like the pic below? Caddis (OEM) does not have any and neither does Outcast... I tried to repair with an O-ring, but leaks too much to be comfortable with. TIA

Looking at the list and ideas, I really like this one. I'm in if there is a space.

Will be sending some Silvey's Bead Head Caddis Pupa... in Orange...

BCT, if you do get to wet a line, let us know how you did, that sounds like some pretty country. You'll have to post up pics of that "bad head pheasant tail" lol. Semi Seal by the creator John Rohmer: Semi Seal Leach Might want to check out his site: http://www.azflyfishing.net

I was going to give you the snarky LMGTFY, but didn't want to come across as a complete Richard Cranium. Keep it reel!

Hey dude! Check this out: http://m.orvis.com/fishing_report.aspx?locationid=5923 Or this: http://www.perfectflystore.com/woakc.html Between the two you should be set. Readers Digest Condensed Version says BWOs in 18-20, sedge and such. I'd recommend Bear's Baetis as it is an easy tie and very effective that small.

Hey vicrider, I'd love to take credit for the other fly but I only supplied the Platte River Special on the left (gold, yellow & red). Keep it reel!

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