Howdy,

SWMBO and I celebrated our anniversary on Tuesday, and one of the
gifts she gave me was a trip to Sedona in April. Of course I have to
fish while we're there, and I remember that Oak Creek looked inviting
when we were there last. After doing some reading on it, it appears
that there are mostly stockers, with the possibility of catching some
streambred fish in some areas.

The bad news is that the hatches at that time of year appear to be
mostly #18 and #20 BWO's with a few small black stoneflies thrown in for
good measure.

So I tied up a few para BWO's last night, keeping in mind the
suggestions that I've received about my flies being too bulky. Well,
it's damned hard to tie a #20 without it seeming bulky. I was tempted
to just use thread bodies, but I stuck with dubbing.

These were tied with flourescent chartreuse para-post, BWO superfine
dubbing, and dark dun hackle tails with dark dun parachute hackle. I'm
still not sure I've got the bodies thin enough and the tails sparse
enough, but frankly, I could barely see/handle the materials as it was.
:-)

So here are a few shots:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO04.jpg
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO05.jpg
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO06.jpg


Chuck Vance