"Willi" wrote in message
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Good job Peter,

Nice collection of flies

I've seen Danl have some great success with that "plain Jane"
streamer of his. I've seen it often enough to tell me that fly has
something special. Sort of like a Hare's Ear nymph - nothing fancy but a
great fly.


(I'm sure the other flies are great too, but I haven't seen them in
action.)

Willi


Nice job, Petah! Thanks for doing the swapmeister duties.

I do like that little brown streamer pattern. A guide working in a fly shop
in Mammoth Lakes sold me three of them a few years ago after I told him that
I intended to go to particular Sierra lake the next day. He "guaranteed"
that I would catch a bunch of good sized fish with it if I fished the inlets
of the lake with that fly. For once, the supposed "magic fly" actually
delivered as promised. I had the most productive day of trout fishing that I
have ever had. Since then, I have tried in in a bunch of locales and have
been at least fairly successful in most. I like to try it when there's
nothing happening on top and nymphing hasn't been fruitful, or when there's
a deep pool that needs a dredging fly pulled through it. Willi's right. Its
not fancy, but it seems to work.

Danl