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buggybob

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  1. I'm going in for fixing the hernia in about a month and a half. My tying room is up some pretty steep stairs. Anybody got an idea if that's going to be doable soon after the operation ? I wouldn't mind getting ahead on filling the boxes.


  2. The wire size you use for nymphs should relate to the pattern you are tying. You don't want to use wire that would hide the body, but the other side of that is that you don't want the ribbing wire to dissapear in the body. Use what looks good on the fly.

     

    In general I would use x-small on 16 and under, small on 12 to 16, and brassie or medium on anything larger unless you want the ribbing to be extremely dominant and not worry about the color of the body showing through then bump up the diameter to large.

     

    Some things in fly tying don't have hard and fast rules.


  3. Dave used to sell them from his shop Classic and Custom Flies in New Hartford CT. and sold some through e-bay. I see that he is tying for a shop also called Classic and Custom Flies in Pleasant Valley CT. and has a slightly modified Dirt Diver being tied and sold by Pacific Fly Group.

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