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    Bait Fisherman
  • Birthday 06/01/1948

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    large mouth bass
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  1. Ken, Be sure to contact J Stockard, they have a program around Thanksgiving where they take donations and use that money to send gift cards to our deployed troops. Be sure to let them know you are in Afghanistan. If you need material now, let me know I should be able to get my tying friends to donate some surplus stuff. As a Vietnam veteran I understand how good it is to get stuff from home. If you send me your address (to [email protected]) I'll see what I can do about getting a "care package" in the mail. My wife and I have been sending packages to deployed troops for the last 7 years. Thank you for your service. Rick Johnson northwestern North Carolina
  2. JJD, Thanks for your reply. I have 2 editions of Lefty's "Saltwater Fly Patterns" book, both have the same example of the Frankee-Belle fly I have 3 more books ordered maybe one of them will provide more insight to what originally looked like. I still have no additional info regarding the McVay's Gotcha fly, the questions I still have about the "original" Gotcha are: When was it first tied? materials ( the sources I have seen, saw it was made from yellow fibers from the carpet of an Andros taxi) but I don't know if those fibers were used for wing, body, or both Colors Size
  3. Peterjay Thanks for your reply. I now have Lefty's "Saltwater Fly Patterns" book it has the Frankee-Belle pattern in it but it shows the fly in a point up configuration, and it was my understanding that the Frankee-Belle was used prior to the advent of the point up attitude flies(first point up fly was the Horror). Also it seems every source I find, the Frankee-Belle colors schemes are different. Anyway, I have 4 more books on the way which has ,at least some, of the historical info. I still have been unsuccessful in finding much of anything about the original Gotcha or when is was fist tied. What I do know is: it was first tied by Jim McVay, some sources gives credit to Jim's son Ted, using fibers clipped from the carpet of an Andros Island cab and I assume the overall configuration of the is the same as the patterns we see today. What I still don't know is: 1.materials used (carpet fibers= wing or body?) 2. colors of the materials, 3. when it was first tied, 4. size and 5. confirmation of the original configuration. Fuzzy
  4. Kirk, I appreciate your reply, I found some of the information I was looking for in Dick Browns 2008 book which I have ordered and am expecting to arrive in the next couple of days. I am looking at the evolution of the bonefish flies as we know them today and it is really hard to establish what a new pattern looked like in its original dressing and configuration. Thanks again
  5. I do appreciate your replies.
  6. I have a couple questions I hope you guys can help me with. First does anyone have a picture of a Frankee-Belle fly in the original point down configuration? I have one but it is so small I can't see any detail. Next, what did the original McVay's Gotcha look like? The story is that it was made of yarn clipped from the carpet of a taxi. What was the color of the yarn? Was it used for the wing the body or both? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Rick in NC
  7. I have a couple questions I hope you guys can help me with. First does anyone have a picture of a Frankee-Belle fly in the original point down configuration? I have one but it is so small I can't see any detail. Next, what did the original McVay's Gotcha look like? The story is that it was made of yarn clipped from the carpet of a taxi. What was the color of the yarn? Was it used for the wing the body or both? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Rick in NC
  8. The wife and I have sent more than 100 "care" packages to our guys in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last few years, I sent a bunch of flies to the Baghdad Fly fishing club. I figure I should be able to round up some stuff for a fly tying group. I just need to know where and to whom to send it. Rick in NC
  9. As saw this thread while looking through the archives, it seems to have just stopped back in '08. Does anyone know if this/these tying clubs are still in existence? If they are please post or send me a current address. Rick in NC
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