JR wrote:

thanks but I live in Chicago downtown, Italy is too far away from me
now :-(
Whoops. It was the libero.it email address that derailed me....

it's my historical about 6yo mail I still use

(how much I miss the sea ....)
Where are you from?

Palermo, Sicily. I grow on the wonderful Mondello beach..

About the set-up, since you're in the U.S., perhaps you could go to
http://www.ezflyfish.com/index.html and look at the 4-piece Sage
Launch rods (very decent rods for the price, good beginner's rods)

195$ too much for me for now :\

The proprietor of the site is a ROFF old-timer and highly reputable.

which is his nickname?

BTW, that's an interesting fly you designed there. Appears better
suited for sal****er maybe than for the Mid-West. Sort of a
psychedelic shrimp pattern. :-)

good to try where there are river shrimps too, not?
what colors/contrasts would you suggest for Vermillion river (Illinois)?
or generical Mid-West rivers and lakes.

As Wolfgang said, you'll only know
its effectiveness, though, by testing it. What size hook did you tie
it on?

it's a light black 1/0 aberdeen.
it is straight (not off set hook)

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ciao
Vittorix