Bob Weinberger wrote:

Nicely done flies and nicely photographed.

Thanks, Bob.

They should work very well for
opportunisticly feeding trout in the relatively sterile waters where
you
intend to use them.
One minor suggestion: for selective trout in relatively fertile
waters (e.g.
Penns or the Henry's Fork) you should consider tying them much more
sparsely, especially the tails. Even though many of those patterns
are
considered "regional", tied appropriately, they will work well almost
any
where trout are present.

Interesting. So which flies would you recommend that I watch the
tails, etc.? The reason I ask is because I tie "by the book"; I only
have a couple of trips per year when I get to fish for "wild" trout, so
I tie what I hope will work and only get to test the flies on those
trips.

The recipes for Wulffs of various types have fairly bushy tails, as
do the Stimulators. I try to make my mayfly imitations pretty sparse.

So do you recommend that the Stimulators and Wulffs be sparser too?

I appreciate your comments. That's just what I was looking for.


Chuck Vance