vicrider 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2022 Bunch of colorful H&L Variants about to fly west. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2022 May I get in with a Bucktail Trude? albeit, it will be a shorter version Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2022 flies went postal today Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenlegs 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2022 Files are on the Pony Express heading West Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2022 You guys are quick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2022 Halfway done. Got 12 deer hair caddis bodies tied up while the baby was napping. Just have to find time to do the hair wing. Maybe time for some benadryl... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2022 Flies in the mail today. I brought an extra apple for all the ponies! Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 4:43 PM, DarrellP said: You guys are quick. yup the quicker they get in the quicker they come back 😀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2022 That's why I always bring the extra apples! Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2022 Ready to ship, hopefully get them to the post office today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2022 Flys are in the mail. 01/14/21 since we are in the same area code, look for them soon TT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2022 Finally got flies I finished two weeks ago in mail yesterday. Dozen colorful H&L Variants flying Northwest now. If no one has ever heard the story about the H&L Variant it is quite interesting. President Eisenhower would go to fish the Frying Pan River with guide R.C. Coffman. Coffman introduced Ike to the H&L Variant and the fish it caught made the rest of the story. An interesting note was that before Ike went fishing they would heavily stock the area he would fish and cordoned it off. After he left the locals knew just where to go to fill their freezers with the fish left behind. The following is how Coffman later named the fly and his corner lot on the Frying Pan was recently sold and his tying shack is still there last I could find. "The H&L Variant is a classic American dry fly with a pretty cool history. R.C. Coffman of Colorado tied the first H and L Variant in the mid 50's, and apparently sold so many to President Eisenhower that he said he was able to buy a “house and a lot” (thus the “H” and “L”) on the Frying Pan River in Colorado." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2022 Flies in the mail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2022 Got my fur today, 1950's / 60's era badger brush $5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2022 Cool Chugbug27 !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
