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Wow, that was fast. What a great looking bunch of flies. Thanks to
all the tyers (tiers? tyres?), and special thanks to the illustrious swapmeister. Favorites so far would have to be BD's Klodhopper (and his bidness card), Jeffrey Barnes' Sweet Cheeks and Marty Werling's Blue Bellied Sumptin', because they all look like they'll work on warmwater fish. :-) As far as trout flies, Hans' Traun Spezial, Opie's Riffle Grizzly and Wayne's Robert's Yellow Drake are probably my favorites. (All the flies are excellent; these three just struck me as flies that I would probably want to tie for myself.) Notes on my fly: I call it a Madam CDC, as it's got the basic swept-back deer-hair bullet-head shape of the Madam X, but I used CDC wrapped like the CDC & elk for the body and "legs" (rather than the rubber legs on the original). It's something I came up with when I had a bunch of CDC I was looking to work into a pattern. I figure the fish take it for a hopper of some sort, though it has also worked by letting it swing at the end of the drift. I tied it on a #8 TMC 5212 and used Petitjean "cream" CDC (it's not really cream, but more of a light gold, which matches the color of hoppers on my home river pretty well). I used yellow 8/0 Unithread, though in retrospect, I probably should have used tan. I expect you could play around with the design and it would work as a stonefly imitation. Chuck Vance |
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Conan The Librarian wrote:
Wow, that was fast. What a great looking bunch of flies. Thanks to all the tyers (tiers? tyres?), and special thanks to the illustrious swapmeister. Alas, I'm closest, and still flyless. Perhaps if I offer the Timster some more Woodford Reserve as incentive... -- Stan Gula http://gula.org/roffswaps |
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![]() "Conan The Librarian" wrote in message oups.com... Wayne's Robert's Yellow Drake Thanks Chuck. |
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Wayne Knight wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message oups.com... Wayne's Robert's Yellow Drake Thanks Chuck. You're welcome, Wayne. A question: How did you create the deerhair body? Is it just several strands twisted together and wrapped? Chuck Vance |
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![]() "Conan The Librarian" wrote in message ... You're welcome, Wayne. A question: How did you create the deerhair body? Is it just several strands twisted together and wrapped? I tie the deer hair behind the hook eye and "cross hatch the thread" towards the back and bring it back towards the front. If I had used a bigger hook and darker thread it would have been easier to see but maybe you can get a better idea from this example. http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fl...erts_drake.htm Wayne |
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Wayne Knight wrote:
I tie the deer hair behind the hook eye and "cross hatch the thread" towards the back and bring it back towards the front. If I had used a bigger hook and darker thread it would have been easier to see but maybe you can get a better idea from this example. http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fl...erts_drake.htm Man, my eyesight must be going to hell. I totally missed that. Thanks for the info (and thanks for reminding me of boudin in that other thread). :-) Chuck Vance |
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![]() "Conan The Librarian" wrote in message ... Thanks for the info (and thanks for reminding me of boudin in that other thread). :-) No prob, Wayne Currently enjoying LSU make boudin out of the Volunteers |
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![]() "Wayne Knight" wrote in message ... Currently enjoying LSU make boudin out of the Volunteers Not enjoying the second half near as much |
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![]() "Wayne Knight" wrote in message news ![]() "Wayne Knight" wrote in message ... Currently enjoying LSU make boudin out of the Volunteers Not enjoying the second half near as much Hmmm...maybe your recipe for boudin should contain a liberal helping of crow... Danl .....Rocky Top, you'll always be... etc...etc...etc.. |
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![]() "Wayne Knight" wrote in message news ![]() Currently enjoying LSU make boudin out of the Volunteers Not enjoying the second half near as much And I really did not enjoy the overtime |
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