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Instead of false casting to dry a fly, I keep a rubber band looped to a zipper on my vest, loop the hook in the other end, pull the fly line, fly, and rubber band taut, and twang it a few times.

Sweet. I've tied a few of these in the past. For me, it's difficult to get them as nice as yours.

Thank you all for your kind words. I too have had dogs all my life, with the exception of my late teens and 20's. I'm not sure if it gets harder as I get older, but it sure seems that way. This guy truly was the best of them. But then, my wife says I 've said that with all our dogs. Just as it should be.

😆. We only had 9 in our clan.

Indeed, I meant no disrespect and did not mean to make light of anyone's hardships. Knowing Vermonters and raised on Yankee humor, I'm sure they'd understand.

Sad to say that Huckleberry Finn, my faithful fishing partner and constant companion of the last 8 years, passed away from cancer this week. Rest easy, my good friend, you will be missed. Huckle Bugger Hook: #8, 2xl Thread: Brown Weight: .020 Rib: DMC Light Gold Tail: Huckleberry Finn Body: Huckleberry Finn, brushed out Hackle: Hen pheasant

Wow, nice. Theres alot going on there. I think I may tie that just to see how it looks when wet.

Nice, I'd love try and swing that downstream.

Thanks for the feedback.

After having it for a while, what, if anything, would you add, subtract, or modify?

Looking forward to seeing them.

Welcome, very nice looking flies.

👍 Now you have to post in the monthly 'Flies From the Vise' thread - LoL.

Something to do besides filling my face at lunch http://web.archive.org/web/20140916152658/http://www.flyfishfood.com/2014_09_01_archive.html

I do what Norm does, or use a needle in a cork. Probably won't change at this point, but that tool is pretty nifty, and I like DF's technique of heating the wire after inserting it into the eye.

Starling & Herl Hook: wet fly 14 Thread: brown Weight: .020 wire Tail: starling fibers, dyed yellow Body: peacock herl Hackle: starling dyed yellow Not typically tied with a tail, but I had started off tying another Smoky Mountain Blackbird with yellow starling (Smoky Mountain Yellowbird?), but I muffed up palmering the split feather, so just left the tail and tied in the hackle.

CT River at South Hadley Falls, MA That brown stuff in the water is Vermont.

Congrats. I find those are good tools to have in your tool box.

👍 Rick "the mad scientist" Zieger

Nice simple pattern, thanks for posting. In the streams I usually fish, I see the occasional small yellow stone flying or crawling about, but I seldom get a response to a dry pattern. Small yellow nymphs do much, much better for me. It makes me suspect that stone nymphs are much more prevalent in those waters than the observed adults would indicate, or that yellow is just a 'trigger' color in those waters. I'll tie a few of these, I like the red tag and underbody.

Nice

LoL - Good tying material.

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Well done, nice choice for the ribbing.

Welcome Andrew, and good luck with your survey/app. Please keep us updated.