"Gilbert " wrote in news:473971f8$0$26677
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First I want to say hello to all of you roffians.


Welcome Gilbert, I am the first but there'll be others to answer that
question...yes, there are foam patterns that will take trout, cricket and
hopper patterns should be killers in summertime. That said, I am not a
trout fisher (warmwater fishies are my prey) But they are popular over
here, new patterns are showing up all the time in my FlyTying magazines.
It is my belief that trout are trout wherever in the world you find them,
(OK,I read that in a book once) you only need to present to them what they
are used to seeing in the way of floating "bugs" during the proper time of
year. Others here are way more knowledgeable about trout so I'll get off my
soapbox and exit stage right...

Frank Sr.
where's our resident Kiwi when we need him?