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Gary Borger's Uni Body leader, I used to tie complicated trout leaders, lots of sections, lots of blood knots. PITA. Now I use Gary Borger's Uni Body leader, http://www.garyborger.com/2012/05/09/uni-body-to-harvey-style-leader/ As to tippet rings. I get either Rio or Orvis, they're about a buck apiece. Compared to all the other fishing stuff I have they don't even register on the dollaromemeter. Warm water, you're on your own.

I like em thank you.

Well said Steve

Yakkity yak. Nice tie!

thank you!

Gartside pheasant hopper and a Charlie Craven Baby Charlie Boy and finally a parachute hopper. Body color of either yellow or green.

Pleasure. I should have said "now" instead of "not"

A couple from last week out of a little 15' wide spring creek. On hoppers. Released after pics taken.

Welcome, what all those guys said.

Great work Mark, and lot's of it for sure

Beautiful George. I especially liked the top view showing the symmetry for the wings and how the topping lays so perfectly.

That's a great looking piece. Nice work Steve

Yeeeehah Mark, Go git 'em!

I can vouch for that

just saw this. That's CO for you

Thankl you sir

Thank you George. I'm hoping the red quills come off next week so I can give that guy a shot.

After tying a bunch of red quill parachutes I had to give Catskill style a shot. Hook: fulling mill 5050 dry fly, size 16 Thread: Uni 8/0 rusty brown. Wing: lemon wood duck flank Tail: Medium dun fibbets Abdomen: stripped red quill. Hackle: whiting bronze cree. Thorax: rusty brown trout hunter pro.

Glad you asked I was wondering too

You have way too much time on your hands Norm. 😉

Being a lefty does have some downsides for sure. I use Dr. Slick razor scissors. I tie with 'em in hand. bottom loop on my ring finger, tension nut towards to back of my hand. They work great, comfortable and don't cut into my fingers like "regular" scissors do. I've tried a bunch of different kinds of scissors. Too many have loops that are either too small to tie in hand or just don't fit me. I've found the Dr. Slicks, all of 'em, have loops big enough to tie in hand. I highly recommend the razors. I usually use the 3.5" ones but the 4" are almost just as good. The 5" model is good too. I use those mostly to trim material long dubbing loops so I can trim with only one cut.

Vest for me. Advil before and after fishing. I tried a sling pack. Maybe because I wasn't used to it like I am my vest it was a real pain. Slinging it around and back, getting to an replacing my net, access to tippet wasn't bad once slung but cutting it with my nippers left me with too much dangling off the spool that had to be rewound. And not enough room for the approximately 1,000,000 flies I definitely need to have. The sling is a Simms Freestone. Maybe it's cause I'm, left handed. The vest is a Fishpond Wasatch Tech Pack. It's discontinued unfortunately. Oh well, my last one endured about 15 seasons or so. So much knowledge lost when I finally broke down and got a new one.

Beautiful!!!

And it's a beauty, sir.

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