Bruiser writes:

The internet is amazing.

At the first SJ clave, Dave LaCourse really liked a pattern that I tied and
asked me for more of them on a night or two. He was catching fish with
them. It's real similar to lots of other patterns in use at the Juan.

My pattern morphed a little in the years following Dave's visit, and the fly
has been super effective for me in certain situations. It's not that I
recognize the situation in advance, it's just that sometimes when the fish
there are eating certain midge emergers this fly is great.

I named it the Pirate for Dave and I tied it for a San Juan flyswap
sponsored by one of the river's greatest tiers and a fellow Albuquerqean.

Lo and behold, here it is: Granted, Hooked on Flies ain't exactly Umpqua
and this fly ain't the smoothest piece of work that I've seen, but this
still went straight to my head:

http://tinyurl.com/3dskg

Scroll down to "pirate". If anyone want any of the "real deal" I'll send
you a few ;-)

bruce h

Neat! You're famous! d;o)

That and some of the other thread bodied midge/nymphs you tied, especially the
abbreviated PT, have taken more than their fair share on the Rapid, Kennebec,
Big Horn, Henry's Fork, et al. Simple but great ties. Thanks Bruce.


Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html