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Old September 26th, 2004, 01:41 PM
riverman
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Default The fly of last resort: A sort of TR


"rw" wrote in message
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Kevin Vang wrote:
Hey, it's a minnow, it's a crayfish, it's a dragonfly/stonefly/
damselfly nymph, it slices, it dices, it waxes your car...


And it's really, really easy to tie. I like them in dark colors, mainly
black and purple, with a "lateral line" of two strands of krystal flash.



Me, too, but I have also tried making the body two different colors under
the Palmering, to imitate the lighter underbelly of a fish. Sometimes, I
toss in a hint of red beard for gills.

Getting a lighter colored underside, two krystalflash lateral lines, and a
red gill/beard is much more of a logistical challenge than it seems. g

--riverman