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gadabout

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  1. Nice tie niveker, and thanks for taking on the challenge!
  2. I’ve never used it before this fly either. Just happened to have some on hand. I went to a fly shop once to get some Diamond Braid, and this is what the guy sold me. i think it would be a lot of work to tie this fly with flash, but I’m sure it would be OK.
  3. Do I need to withdraw my challenge suggestion?
  4. Sad to hear. I always made it a point to stop at his shop whenever I was in the area.
  5. That is so sad and so shocking. I don’t know what to say.
  6. The next challenge fly is the “Carrot” (dry fly), from Ray Bergman’s Trout.
  7. Empie’s Deadly Shiner Hook: Mustad 9672 #10 Bead: Gold 5/32” Thread: 6:0 Orange Tail: Red Krystal Flash & Bill’s Bodi-Braid (Pearly Silver & Gold) Collar: Bill’s Bodi-Braid (Pearly Silver & Gold)
  8. I’ll take the Empie’s Deadly Shiner
  9. Getting ready for a three-hour tour, so I tied up this bunch. Ya never know!
  10. The next challenge fly will be The Spirit of Pittsford Mills. For the benefit of those who may have trouble finding it, I’ll list the recipe here: Hook: standard dry fly Thread: Pale yellow or light brown Tail: Cream Ginger hackle fibers Wings: Grizzly hackle tips Body/Ribbing: downy fluff from a wood duck feather, dubbed on. This is then covered with a cream ginger hackle which has had its fibers trimmed to little stubs. It is palmered through the dubbed body. Hackle: cream ginger It’s a dry fly tied generally in the Catskill style, although it hails from Vermont.
  11. Caddis Lifecycle Flies: Gill-ribbed Caddis Larva Gray Caddis Pupa Henryville Special
  12. I’ll take the Caddis Lifecycle flies
  13. I had a bad experience with Marriott’s as well. I’ve never made another order with them again.
  14. Very nice. A personal favorite Brook trout fly of mine.
  15. I’ve been using the Saber hooks and am happy with them. I also recently tried some Togen’s hooks. They seem similar to the Sabers.
  16. I’m not sure I’m fully understanding the problem. I keep the floss on the spool it comes on, and a spool of any given color lasts me a long, long time. I don’t use a bobbin for floss. I just cut off a length that will allow me to comfortably tie the fly. If I’m using 4-strand floss and I feel like I should only use two strands on a particular fly, I’ll just split off the two strands and keep the remaining two for the next fly. Unless you’re a commercial tyer, a few spools of each color taken from the hanks will last you a lifetime.
  17. Beautiful tie Norm. I’m not sure where the original recipe would be listed. Possibly one of Joe Bates’ books. My reference for this is Poul Jorgensen’s “Modern Trout Flies”, which shows the same dressing as yours, minus the bucktail underwing. Also, in Mike Valla’s “The Founding Flies” book, he does not mention the underwing.
  18. Next challenge fly: Golden Darter (Lew Oatman streamer)
  19. Rube Wood Hook: Mustad 3399 #8 Tip: Red silk floss Tail: Teal fibers Body: White Chenille Hackle: Brown Hen Wing: Gray Mallard flank
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