"G. J. Z." wrote in message
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Hello all I've been hanging round reading but this is my second post.

Deer hair skaters

I remember seeing these in a Lee Wolfe book I was browsing one time I been
working on them they fish fine.

Anyone ever fished skaters they are usually made with over sized stiff
hackle but its hard to get any more because the hackle now days are very
good but smaller sized.

You could really get a rainbow interested you skate and dance it across
the surface. It's effective at times.

Link to flies

http://www.savepic.com/freepictureho...loneskater.jpg

http://www.savepic.com/freepictureho...mg=skater1.jpg


Interesting flies, but those weren't what I was expecting. A very common fly
in the Scandhoovian regions is a "Skating Caddis", something which as of
yet, seems rare in the shops I have looked into. The folks at LLBeans had
never even heard of it, yet it was the most productive fly at both Lapland
Claves I attended. I still use it as my 'secret weapon' when I fish in New
England because I'm quite sure the fish have never seen one before.

http://www.fish4flies.com/Dry/Sedge/..._Black.Gallery

--riverman