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😁 For biot wings you can translate what Tim Flager shows here for tails, if you are looking for tricks to help make it easier. https://youtu.be/-NfQyZecNl8?feature=shared

Charlie Craven put out a very good video on this https://youtu.be/YN4a9qM3r0E?feature=shared

Here's a publication by the International Association of Defense Counsel (an invitation-only collective of corporate defense counsel and insurance executives) showing which states do and don't have laws protecting against bad faith by insurance companies, and if so whether damages are limited to what is protected by the policy or include things like emotional distress, punitive damages, etc. (1st party is the insured, 3rd party is the person injured by the insured.) In Florida bad faith protections are built into the statutes (not left for courts to diminish), and provide an array of damages beyond the policy (consequential damages, attorney fees, punitive damages, etc). In Michigan you're limited to what's insured under the policy, unless you can prove what's needed to get punitive damages (typically proof of actual malice or fraudulent intent is required to get punitives). https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/7/50_State_Insurance_Bad_Faith_Reference_Guide.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiuyJL23fSHAxVAMdAFHU5tBUcQFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Ms7Mjw-r2PanPVqGXh4pC

Here's Craven's article - really clear discussion on which hair for which wings and why https://midcurrent.com/flies/fly-tying-hair-selection/

I haven't been able to log in there or re-register for probably six months now, maybe more. It seems like that happens here and there but not for the whole site. I do hope they fix it.

"You're all already dead!!" - Sarah Connor

Holy canoli. Glad you just got a taste and not the full meal. Whoa

Aw, where's the fun in that?

Baron von Bullwinkle?

Yup, it's turning into that kind of a day 😉

Oh that's fun

Heff2, that would be great. I'll return them or pass them on when I'm done. I'll pm you my address and hope you'll at least let me Venmo or PayPal you the postage. And PD yes that's the one, mine's just an earlier version. The flies you list are always just about as good as any, and often better, almost anywhere I've fished, so that sounds right. I'll make sure to bring a lot of spiders. Thanks

Yes, you really can see it's a huge difference. And shows the value of all your hands-on experience. Yet I'm sure just the tip of the iceberg.Thanks for posting

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. And thanks for the link. TCO looks like a great PA fly fishing resource.

My daughter's going to start college in Pittsburgh this fall and I'll be visiting now and again over the next 4 years, with an eye toward extending some of my visits to fish at various places in the state. Last time I fished Pennsylvania it was 2000 and I bought this Meck book. 25 years later.... Is it still relatively current? Should I replace it with something better or more up to date? Suggestions? Any particular blogs or websites people like using for Pennsylvania ff? Thanks in advance.