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13 minutes ago, flytire said:

and in hilyards book on carrie stevens

reverse tied bucktails

along with fulsher, edward l haas also applied the the reverse method to steelhead flies

Thanks for the additional info Norm. I always enjoy learning more about the history of the sport.

George

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8 minutes ago, SalarMan said:

I always enjoy learning more about the history of the sport.

+1

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19 hours ago, Squeezy said:

I’m intimidated by the tie to say the least- I’m out

I know what you mean.  I haven't tied a hellgrammite pattern, so was looking at different patterns on the web.  Most seem to me to be way too complicated for a fly that's meant to be fished on or near the bottom, resulting in a lot of lost flies.

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The Hellgramite could be as simple as a black Woolly Worm with the hackle trimmed short. 

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3 hours ago, cencalfly said:

Hopefully it satisfies cphubert's challenge

Looks great I really like the foam head and tail I had been using thin sued for the head and sometimes a cut o ring for the mandibles- the foam looks better thank you for the upgrade idea.

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On 3/22/2023 at 7:52 AM, ScienceGuy141 said:

I can take a stab at the Dahlberg diver. Can't guarantee it will be an example of what to-do, but maybe what not to-do, ha.

Sorry I missed this challenge 

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On 3/20/2023 at 12:22 AM, ScienceGuy141 said:

Nice looking fly cencal! 

I'm hoping Bruce might take on the Dahlberg diver. Can't get the tagging feature to work to tag him though. 

You got it!
 

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