niveker

Wow, Happy birthday is right

Just a busy time of year I think, with fishing weather starting, yard work to do, spring turkey hunts, spring break, high school and college graduations and weddings to plan for, blah - blah - blah. I would expect interest to wane over the next few months and pick up again later.

Trout - Bergman A Modern Dry Fly Code - Marinaro The Anglers Fly Identifier - Simpson & McGavin The Orvis Fly Pattern Index Master Fly Tying Guide - Flick The Fly Tyers Almanac - Boyle & Whitlock The Second Fly Tyers Almanac - Boyle & Whitlock The Essential Fly Tier - Leonard Essential Trout Flies - Hughes Popular Fly Patterns - Hellekson The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - DuBois Advanced Fly Fishing Techniques - Kreh Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook - Sinclair Fly Tying, How to Get Started - Leiser Inshore Fly Fishing - Tabory A Book of Trout Flies -Jennings Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymphs - Rosborough The New Streamside Guide - Flick Fly Fishing - Mason Trout Maverick - Wright, Jr Fishing the Dry as a Living Insect - Wright, Jr Practical Flies & Their Construction - Gee & Sias The Tiers Benchside Reference - Lesson & Schollmeyer Might be one or two more tucked under the couch.

and a waning gibbous moon begins to rise in the east . . .

Legal to hunt in Alaska and Canada.

Nice Trude, dude. Interesting - never heard of it before that I recall. Some of his patterns really seem off the wall to me, this one not so much.

Mike's solution is the easiest. It's what I do - just let it go to voicemail. If it's important to me, it's from a number I know, which is already in my contacts and the name shows up on my phone. If not, they'll leave a message. All others can go to hell.

CP is a man of refined taste. I really like color blank, so tastefully appointed too.

LOL

About what Rick said, sometimes down to 6. The larger hooks will keep the smaller fish caught to a minimum, though they'll still try.

Now that's funny.

easiest way, IMO, is to just use an image hosting website such as postimages.org like Denduke describes above, then copy and paste the link. .

Nice tribute to your dog, nice buggy collars on those.

Nice stonefly

Welcome to the site. Post up some photos why dontcha.

Cool post, Denduke.

Hornberg vs Hornberg Special - is that what you mean? Both look great.

Exactly. One clump of deer hair about 2x shank length, or to taste. A few wraps at the butt, then snip deer hair being careful not to cut trailing shuck. Lift hair and advance thread along shank to eye, a few wraps right behind eye, jump thread back to desired head size, fold deer hair back creating head and wing, tie off. Pretty quick and relatively simple tie. Hardest part was snipping the butt without cutting shuck material, and keeping a good grip on the deer hair when making the first few wraps at the eye to keep the body from getting too bulbous. Nice.

Good deal - 👍

What he said☝️

Compared to just popping it in your mailbox and putting the flag up, Yes.

Nice ties, well done.

I edited (added to) my original post, giving credit to where I found the pattern. Good questions. I just finished tying up a bunch for the dry fly swap. As I was tying, I was using different colored deer hair, each with a different amount of flare, which got me thinking what the fly would imitate. I chose this darker hair with with little flare so it laid back more like the wing on a caddis. Using hair with more flare to it, I think it made a good mayfly profile, similar to a comparadun. I like the caddis style better. Sure you could use it for panfish, but I tied it with the trouts in mind. I haven't fished the pattern yet. No peacock shows through, the deer hair surrounds the hook shank. in spite of trying to keep it atop the shank. Originally, the peacock tail was supposed to represent a trailing shuck. See the website I referenced above. Not sure if its really needed, frankly, unless fishing it as an emerger.

Whiz Kid Hook: #10 Thread: Brown, 72D Tail: 3 peacock sword fibers Butt, Body, Head, Wing: Deer hair tied a little differently from the website 'Flies with a story' (www.fishingwithflies.com/WhizKid.html) Very early one June morning a couple years back I headed off to my favorite river. Really, it's nothing more than a glorified stream, but the fishing is great...and the solitude is even better. I got to my favorite stretch, suited up, and waited impatiently for daylight. I had decided before I left the house that I would be use a new fly designed by my friend, Mark Bauman, of Whitefish, MT. It was called the Whiz Kid. Mark told me to use it in size 10, but I nevertheless tied one each of sizes 10 to 18...just in case. As the sun came up, I could see fish working the shallows. They must be on caddis emergers, I thought. Carefully I tied on the middle-sized Whiz Kid, a size 14, and made my first cast. Slowly, silently, and in what appeared slow motion, the 5x tippet uncoiled and the fly landed ever so gently on an overhanging bush. Sigh. Being my only size 14, I wasn't about to lose it on the first cast of the day, so I waded over, undoubtedly putting down every fish in the hole, and released the bush. I promptly proceeded to the next hole hoping the day would improve. It did. I released at least fifteen 14"-16" rainbows (and only the one bush!) that day. The amazing thing about the Whiz Kid is its tremendous versatility. In the morning the fish were caught on the surface; during the midday hours they were caught while stripping the Whiz Kid near the bottom; and in the evening they hit it on the swing or while being skated. I fished that one size 14 Whiz Kid the entire day, and it was still in good shape when I went home! Now that's what I call a killer fly!