richmce

the psychic  fair in our town  was cancelled....due to unforeseen circumstances  

just curious  if any one has tried the eyelash yarn i put in with the swap fly

 was in our local home depot . walked past a display of new floor mops .  the mop knubs were almost 2 inches long   so i had to buy one for 11.99. im sure the mop refills will be cheaper.  nice gray color made for larger mop flies or even a wacky mop fly . mop head is about 2ft by 10 inches , a long time supply.  only time i seen long mops bodies was from a truck dept that had 2inch bodies on a mitt used for washing big truck wheels and it was orange   they work well tied on a 1/32  jighead with a # 4or 6 hook

yes, happy birthday from illinois

got mine, grandson immediately took byrons popper.  perfect size for monster gills. nice tying everryone   

i have used patons bohemian chenille since 2010 its been discontinued since 2018. its used  by rainys on  richs  ultimate worm.  closest ive come to it is cozy occasion yarn  or furl some  yarn bee faux fur then trim it.     good luck  rich

 mine are done .will package today and mail monday

is it too early for the night mouse fly bite ?

palmer chenille has more flash but is stiiffer.    ill add some eyelash yarn with each fly for the swap

think it is the premier eyelash yarn. great stuff at 3.99for 200 yards

i'm in with my new eyelash leech

i have been playing with some ned style weighted flies. they might give you another road to go down. i use a 90 degree hook and tie a brass or copper nail to the bottom of shank. this has also lead  me to using  an  aluminum roofing nail  then it stands up on the bottom. for more weight  i add a washer the size of the nail head. i do grind the nail shank flat on the part that i tie to the hook,and taper the point  i call it the redneck ned rig

all that satin material!    the light blue works as a sexy shad pattern

i have used the gamakatsu glo bug hook .short wide gap but they dont make bigger than a  small size 2

wanted to order some willowcat plastic bodies. close to a goby  sculpin popular on the miss river

life is nuts   heard 6 of the 7 dwarfs are not happy....

how much did santa pay for his sleigh?     nothing it was ON the house

when my daughter went to nmu in the 2004,5 . i bought my first good fly rod from a shop downtown  had a big lake trout in window.it was a redington redfly 5-6 wt.she worked at wahlstroms restaurant for a few years while she was there. never fished when visiting , wish i did

nice colors but i dont dub just use long hair  thanks for sharing info

the liquid ,not powder

tested them again monday     the fuzzed out flies do go backto the straighter shape when wet. and they dry that way too.did notice that once they got wet they sank slow  but after another cast you had to wait again for it to sink.   sounds like some weight is needed     flies colored with a prismcolor marker stayed vivid. 

m ore comments    after drying overnight i brushed them out as they were twisted and tangled.  brushed with toothbrush,velcro and plastic comb.  no matter what i used it came out frizzled.  fibers feel softer.  tried using prismcolor markers on new white fibers  seems to work nice.i think the dyed fibers may work better on smaller crappie size flies and jigs  . i will tie several up and see how they do when they get wet again.  the rit liquid did turn out best colorwise, koolaid the worst and it also smelled like black cherry.

tried 3 batches  all with white long wool 3x3 patches .

1st was 2cups of hotwater with 1/2pack of yellow rit powder definitey yellower  tips are darker but that may change when dried. also added a white bucktail. was in the pie tin for 40 mins. bucktail is not as yellow as wool

2nd was 2 cups of hot water and 3 caps of liquid rit in gray  t stirred for 40 min     nice medium gray ,tips darker  i liked this the best

3rd was 2cups of hot water and two full packs of kool aid in grape and black cherry.      same timein solution  but didnt cover the middle and base of fibers  tips were ok

i will wait till they are all dried and combed out to make my final decision.    i will  try sharpie or prismcolor markers   saturday

i picked up rit dye and will get some kool aid tomorrow  hope to test both of them in the evening .and will report back.

like the chart but is it missing a line of colors  i like the green, gray  5th and 6th down on the right