Howdy swappers!

Just finished my dozen Black Gnat variations. They'll start crossing the
Atlantic monday. With the wind in their back and their tiny little medium
blue dun turkey-flat wings working hard they should be able to make it in a
weeks time to Tim's front door.
The reason for this fly is simpel: I hadn't much time to fish during the dog
days this summer. Besides that this summer was very poor over he Started
with extreme heath, followed by much,much rain for a long time and ended
very hot again. Bad fishing conditions.
So I decided to spend my fishing time with as much quality as possible and
when on the riverbanks I only fished the way I like it most: small streams,
slow-action splitcane #4 rod, dry line and a simple classic-type fly -
moving around in a relaxed manner (cold drinks, garlic-/peppersausages, good
fishing-mates and tabacco within reach) and only casting at spotted and
feeding fish.
During this awfull activity (it's a bad job, but someone's got to do it)
this simple black pattern did well for me. BTW: so did a small Jassid Black
also. As we probably all know: small black thingies often work in bad
conditions
Here's the pattern:
Hook: TMC 100, sizes 16 and 18
Thread: black
Tail: black cock
Body: thread and stripped black hackle stem
Wings: turkey-flat deyed medium blue dun
Hackle: black cock again.

I don't see what this pattern has got to do with gnats, more than being
small and black, but it worked for me and I enjoyed it!

Greetings,
Hans van der Stroom


"Tim J." schreef in bericht
...
Most tyers for the Dog Days Fly Swap have reported in, and it looks like
another good variety of flies will be submitted:

Jeffrey Barnes - a minnow or shad or both
Mark Bowen - Opie's Trout Seducer
Dan Brunsvold - Madam-X Thingy
Stan Gula - Hah!
Eddie Jasen - some sort of emerger
Tim Johnson - TBD, some sort of #14 big fluffy dry fly
Marty Lee - Flying Red Fox Squirrel Nymph
Dave Martel - Parachute Ant
Wayne Patton - TBD
Larry Schmitt - Skunk Streamer
Hans van der Stroom - Black Gnat
Tony Weall - Wet Weally

Here are last year's photos to wet your whistle:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/ddfs_collage.jpg ;-) If you want BIG
photos, http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics\ddfs2005_BIG_photos . Stan will
be retouching and posting these photos on his swap pages soon.

Remember, the mailing deadline is October 9, so mark your calendars.
--
TL,
Tim
(who has been catching trout on a #14 big fluffy para-vis dry fly lately
while everyone around him is telling him he should be using #24 stuff)
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