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On 4/3/2024 at 3:56 PM, psychoprince said:

I’m in! And I’ll tie up some rusty trombones. 

OMG! Great fly, terribly sus name!

Classy beaut right there!!!

Love the look of the blank with those colors too! Outstand job, as usual. 
I do not need another rod, but this does lead me to want another rod from you, Steve!

Thanks!

On 3/11/2024 at 4:59 AM, Woodenlegs said:

You’ll need to contact the SowBug chairperson Through North Arkansas Fly Fishers

12 hours ago, Woodenlegs said:

Still missing three sets will wait till Tuesday 

If you don't get them by then, I would suggest you keep the extra bugs for yourself and send out the rest. We all appreciate you SMing this exchange!

I've tied at the Denver show, West Denver TU, St. Vrain TU and I would love to plan on tying at this event next year. What is the selection process?

Welcome fellow Coloradoan!

I'm way up north, Ft. Collins area. More lakes than streams as I've had kids with me... looking for more streaks & creeks.

Would love to join with a "Gut Sack" sow bug!

😎 Damn, baller! Bringin' the bling! 😎

Very classy look to that one, Bjorn should be well pleased!

Really like the blank on that one!

I really like this one!

Very nice!

On 1/13/2023 at 8:41 PM, chugbug27 said:

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I've seen a Law vise, but never tied on one...

Very classy!  

Big shoot for the youth shotgun team that weekend. I do hope to make it next year

"you can feel it, it's electric! boogie-woogie-woogie"

Black Widow comes to mind, I'm diggin' it!

That is very well done! 

This is OUTSTANDING!

23 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

I received a great bunch of soft hackles in the mail today. ALL well tied, nice patterns! I really need to up my tying ability to keep up with all the talent on this board.

One in particular, J Knowles’s  “ Lite Brite Soft Hackle “ caught my eye. Is it too much to ask for a recipe? I would like to tie up some of those. 
 

TT
 

 

Sharing here for everyone:

Thank you for the complement! I designed that fly about 16 years ago. I'm a big Sylvester Nemes fan and love the book North Country Flies by Robert L. Smith. (That book is expensive, but worth it) 

I wanted something that I could use on the end of a multi-fly rig to flop around and it fit the bill. I showed it to a friend of mine (author, artist & fly designer) and he said it was great! He asked what colors worked the best and I had only used light olive at that time, but every color I've tied it in since has worked... even white! I almost always have one on as my dropper fly. 

Lite-Brite soft hackle:

I use the following, tied in this order:

Hook: 1x long, 1x strong nymph (Dai-Riki 060) 16-12

Thread: Dealers choice, I prefer UTC in 70... every color I have used has caught fish, but chartreuse is always a winner

Rib: Medium copper wire

Body: Pearl mylar over thread body with slight overlap

Thorax: Peacock herl

Legs/soft hackle: Anything from Hungarian partridge to speckled brahma hen

Compact head!

-Judson 

😍

My flies went out today, should see them Thursday. These ae the first flies I've tied since rotator cuff surgery in Dec...  I was a little sore so took a couple sessions... new stretching seemed to help.

I'm in with a Lite Brite Soft Hackle

I've always gone in to mail them out. I would have never known! Thanks for posting.