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Simple Floaters

Hook: 2/0 EC 1404

Nice variety Mad Duck .....keep em coming!

Thanks for posting this enjoyable interview SilverCreek. Gary is on my top 10 list of fly fishing authors.

NP Swamp.

PD that,s a beauty, bet it has a nice wobble. Should get the bass and snakeheads fired up. What size hooks are you using?

Hi Swamp Fly, I just checked on my laptop (logged in) and phone (not logged in) and both are showing the picture. About you friend, I would stay clear of that area. Mark the other shark must have been huge. looks like two bites and down the hatch.

3/16/2020 Sebastian Inlet

Airheads by Gary Lafontaine http://flyproject.us/2018/06/07/gary-lafontaines-airhead-fly-3-reasons-you-should-fish-this-fly/

I would be livid. What brand do we need to stay clear of?

Wait, you don't see any red spots? How many fingers am I holding up? Ha...with or without my glasses?

Might be my eyes but I think I see a row of red spots on that fish. Couldn't see spots on my tablet but you are correct they are there when I look at my computer. The red spots appear to have a white halo around them, and the remaining spots are dark, both typical of a brown. It just didn't look like a brown to me earlier because I couldn't see any worm like markings on the back nor were the fins and tail marked with a prominent white edging that you expect to see with a brook trout. After a better look I'm convinced it's a brown.

Material I collect from the wild... works for me. Whole skins or capes from: Deer, gray & red squirrel, rabbit, black mink, ground hog, muskrat, turkey, pheasant, grouse & mallard duck. Parts: Bucktails, Canadian goose feathers, porcupine quills, skunk tail. The advantage of a whole skins or capes as Mark said, gives you a larger variety of material to use.

From attached Link. https://world-ostrich.org/standards/ostrich-feather-structure-and-quality/ Classifications of the width of the plumules: 1. very narrow (3 4mm) 2. narrow (5 6mm) 3. moderately wide (7 8 mm) 4. wide (9 10 mm) 5. very wide (11 12mm). Lamplight Feather Inc : https://tonyhill.net/categories/ostrich-feathers-small-medium-and-large.html My best guess for wider plumules or longer barbs would be to try a large wing plume from a mature male. I suspect you probably have feathers from a different part of the body, from a female, or a young bird which likely have shorter barbs. The folks at Lamplight Feather should be able to help.

I would say brown also because I don’t see any red spots.

Nice...It’s great to get out and do some fishin!

I shaped the bottom two but I found the cork already shaped on the top two at a flea market.

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Anyone remember these bug eyed twin tails? I bought these along with others of the same type in the late 70's. These were the only ones left that were not badly chewed. The bottom one is not so lucky as it's missing one of it's tails and an eye.

Mini Cork Sliders Legs: FTD

It's been awhile since I made it. Used a rotary cutter to make a strip from a flip flop. Then folded it over the hook, Ca glued smaller piece in between for shape then applied final Ca glue.

V Wake Slider Used Synthetic Wine Cork

Very nice poop deck. I especially like those synthetic corks as they are soft enough to shape, are durable and float well. Stmflies nice work, you are a master spin doctor.

Very nice Splinters! You’ve been working overtime.