Another couple of ties for NC
 

Here are some yellow sallies that I was playing around with last
night. They are size 16's. The last one has a swiss straw (treated
with Flexament) wing added as an afterthought over a body that's the
same as the first two. I don't know how it will cast or how durable it
will be, but I like the looks of it in the vise. (Yes, the head is
messy; that's what I get for not planning ahead.)

I'd appreciate comments (especially from the Nawth Cackalacky
contingent):

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally01.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally02.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally03.jpg


Chuck Vance

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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Here are some yellow sallies that I was playing around with last night.
They are size 16's. The last one has a swiss straw (treated with
Flexament) wing added as an afterthought over a body that's the same as
the first two. I don't know how it will cast or how durable it will be,
but I like the looks of it in the vise. (Yes, the head is messy; that's
what I get for not planning ahead.)

I'd appreciate comments (especially from the Nawth Cackalacky

i frankly have never had much luck with those winged caddis around here.
but you first two look great, imo. the first would do well as the air temps
rise into the eighties, and the second would be a fine small hopper pattern,
tied on size 10/12 hooks.

yfitons
wayno

Wayne Harrison wrote:

frankly have never had much luck with those winged caddis around
here.


Usually useless on the typical applachian freestones, but can get
risers off the emergers on the Davidson and deadly on the tailwaters.

Conan The Librarian wrote:


Here are some yellow sallies that I was playing around with last
night. They are size 16's. The last one has a swiss straw (treated
with Flexament) wing added as an afterthought over a body that's the
same as the first two. I don't know how it will cast or how durable it
will be, but I like the looks of it in the vise. (Yes, the head is
messy; that's what I get for not planning ahead.)

I'd appreciate comments (especially from the Nawth Cackalacky
contingent):

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally01.jpg

i like this one...little less tail maybe...but it oughta work when the
yellow and light colored bugs are flittin around. perhaps a bit less
hackle, but longer?

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally02.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally03.jpg

killer...bet it would be great at penns too. hackle and tail still a bit
thick, imo...

man, this is fun! truth be told, i've no idea what will work when you
get here (it's what makes it interesting for me), but this opinion stuff
is awful easy, ain't it. g

Jeff Miller wrote:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally01.jpg

i like this one...little less tail maybe...but it oughta work when the
yellow and light colored bugs are flittin around. perhaps a bit less
hackle, but longer?

I was thinking the very same thing (longer), so I pulled out some
Orvis hooks I had stashed away (hey, I got 'em for less than half-price
when the local shop closed down). These are 2X long hooks for dries
(#1638?), and the proportions look better with them.

I also made a conscious effort to keep the tails smaller, and in the
process, the body is naturally slimmer.

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally02.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/yellowsally03.jpg


killer...bet it would be great at penns too. hackle and tail still a bit
thick, imo...

man, this is fun! truth be told, i've no idea what will work when you
get here (it's what makes it interesting for me), but this opinion stuff
is awful easy, ain't it. g

Hey, that's what ROFF is all about. At least you didn't tell me
that my ties were "instant classics". :-)


Chuck Vance

Conan The Librarian wrote:



Hey, that's what ROFF is all about. At least you didn't tell me that
my ties were "instant classics". :-)


g...yeah, well, i also withheld my yiddish comments.

unlike wayno, i've done pretty good at times with the caddis folded wing
ties - usually black or gray bodies though and in the slower water with
6x or 7x tippet. i like that tie and i think it would work great at
penns...

jeff

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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..."instant classics".

http://www.gula.org/roffswaps/recipe...e=FS2000&id=14

That's all you need to know. :)

Wolfgang
testimonials available on request.

Wolfgang wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...

..."instant classics".

http://www.gula.org/roffswaps/recipe...e=FS2000&id=14

That's all you need to know. :)

Wolfgang
testimonials available on request.

Pass Lake - missnamed. Should be called the
Black, White, and Brown Wolfgang!

Wolfgang wrote:

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...

..."instant classics".

http://www.gula.org/roffswaps/recipe...e=FS2000&id=14

That's all you need to know. :)

Wolfgang
testimonials available on request.

Hmmmm ... IIRC, an esteemed ROFFian librarian tied that same fly for
a swap I took part in.


Chuck Vance (who still hasn't fished the fly)

"Joel *DFD*" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...

..."instant classics".

http://www.gula.org/roffswaps/recipe...e=FS2000&id=14

That's all you need to know. :)

Wolfgang
testimonials available on request.

Pass Lake - missnamed. Should be called the
Black, White, and Brown Wolfgang!

Oh, pshaw!

Well, it appears you got your computer problems sorted out.......at last.

Tell Margaret I got her email and have just been too.....um......something
or other ....to respond just yet (hey, it took her two months to get back to
me!). I'm looking forward to getting the promised information.

Weather's getting warmer......streams beckon......well?

Wolfgang