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Howdy,
SWMBO and I celebrated our anniversary on Tuesday, and one of the gifts she gave me was a trip to Sedona in April. Of course I have to fish while we're there, and I remember that Oak Creek looked inviting when we were there last. After doing some reading on it, it appears that there are mostly stockers, with the possibility of catching some streambred fish in some areas. The bad news is that the hatches at that time of year appear to be mostly #18 and #20 BWO's with a few small black stoneflies thrown in for good measure. So I tied up a few para BWO's last night, keeping in mind the suggestions that I've received about my flies being too bulky. Well, it's damned hard to tie a #20 without it seeming bulky. I was tempted to just use thread bodies, but I stuck with dubbing. These were tied with flourescent chartreuse para-post, BWO superfine dubbing, and dark dun hackle tails with dark dun parachute hackle. I'm still not sure I've got the bodies thin enough and the tails sparse enough, but frankly, I could barely see/handle the materials as it was. :-) So here are a few shots: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO04.jpg http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO05.jpg http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/BWO06.jpg Chuck Vance |
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