SilverDoctor

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have a great one today and thanks for all that you've done for the fly fishing community.

Just curious but..... does it matter?

Cast right reel left. As did my Father and Grandfather.

Don't know where this is but a nice looking stretch of water.

Haven't been able to find Plover, let me know if you see any locally. Still have a couple starlings from my time in BC. They where a nuance bird there and I stocked up.

Every now and again I read this little story, Can't remember where I got it or who wrote it. But I like just it. ---THE YOUNG MAN WAITED FOR HIS INFANT SON TO FALL ASLEEP SO HE COULD GO FISHING AGAIN. HE HAD BROUGHT HIS YOUNG FAMILY TO THE LAKE, CAUGHT HIS FIRST RAINBOW THAT MORNING AND WAS ANXIOUS TO PURSUE A SECOND. HE WAITED AND THOUGHT OF THE POST-WAR TEARDROP TRAILER HE WAS BUILDING AT HOME. WHEN IT WAS COMPLETE, THERE WOULD BE MORE HOLIDAYS WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY, FISHING AND EXPLORING. THE BOY’S EYES CLOSED AND HE DRIFTED OFF, UNAWARE THAT A LARGE CIRCLE HAD JUST OPENED. IT IS A CIRCLE OF STEWARDSHIP, BASED ON HOPE RATHER THAN EXPECTATION. YOU MAKE TIME FOR YOUR FAMILY EARLY IN LIFE, HOPING THEY WILL HAVE TIME FOR YOU LATER ON..................... THE YOUNGER MAN WAS GETTING IMPATIENT AS HIS FATHER SLOWLY ATE HIS LUNCH. HE COULD SEE A RISE ON THE LAKE AND IT DEFIED CONVENTIONAL WISDOM. HE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT HIS FATHER WANTED TO GO DOWN TO THE LODGE, DRINK COFFEE AND TALK TO RETURNING FISHERMEN. IF HE DIDN’T GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE, PARTS OF HIS THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE LOST. THE YOUNGER MAN RELAXED AND WAITED. THERE WOULD BE TIME TO FISH AFTER SUPPER. THE OLDER MAN TOOK A LEISURELY BITE OF HIS BREAD AND WONDERED WHY HIS SON WAS NOT CHECKING OUT THIS UNUSUAL RISE. HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CIRCLE HAD JUST CLOSED................ Don't forget to smell the roses and enjoy the moment. Moments disappear so quickly.

Cos I'm and old bugger I love fishing Wet flies. Have used them since the Sixties. I find them deadly but also get great satisfaction form swinging them. Guess because they where used by my Father and Grandfather. Love the movement. I often revert to classic Bamboo or Glass rods when playing with wets as it takes me into a nostalgic mood. Use them in big and small water. The top ones are POP's = Partridge-Orange-Peacock and PYP = Partridge-Yellow-Peacock, bottom are variations of the Leisenring’s Spider that can make a nice emerging Caddis. You need particularly soft Partridge skins for a nice wiggly hackle. It's also important to use real silk (notably like Pearsall's Silk, Gossamer) as it turns translucence in water. I quite enjoy tying and fishing these. The top wet flies are POP (Partridge-Orange-Peacock) Fly Hook - Mustad Model 3906 (my favorite is Size 6) Head - Black or yellow Pearsalls Gossamer silk Underbody and Tag - Silver Tinsel (Holographic looks nice too) Rear Body - Pearsalls Gossamer silk in color desired wrapped over the silver tinsel Wing Cover - Single strand of Holographic Flashabou Front Body - Real Peacock Herl (reinforced in a dubbing loop) Hackle - Sparse Partridge Body back Feather Note about the name of the fly: POP = Partridge-Orange-Peacock PPP = Partridge-Purple-Peacock PRP = Partridge-Red-Peacock PGP = Partridge-Green-Peacock PYP = Partridge-Yellow-Peacock PBP = Partridge-Blue-Peacock The bottom flies are based on the the Leisenring’s Spider Hook - Mustad Model 3906 (my favorite is Size 6 to 10) Head - yellow or green Pearsalls Gossamer silk Tag - copper wire (the copper wire is then wound as a rib) Rear Body - dubbed with hares mask with the guard hairs in place (I also love muskrat) Back Cover - Single strand of Holographic Flashabou Hackle - Sparse Partridge Body Feather

Love to skid this one with the Spey rod late in the afternoon or early moring. Some of the guys I tie for in BC like em on the mountain lakes. They work great if you quiver them by shaking your rod tip and then skid a bit. comes down with a nice splat. The foam body makes a nice indicator and I fish edges with it along with a dropper. Although most of the time they seem to zero in on this fly not the dropper. Again great during the Stone season.

The Emerging Stone works well fished through Golden stone season. The fly tends to sit low on the water and makes a nice bumbling commotion. Great for late evening Browns, can drive em a bit nutsy. I like to make the collar out of Squirrel tail or deer hair from the back area as it doesn't flair as much. Like to wing it with turkey. Materials Hook -8 to 10 long shank or curved nymph body - deer hair Collar-Squirrel Down wing - Turkey partridge or hen body feather. Antenna - 2 wood duck fibers

Love Humpties for big and small waters. They're a nice high floater, I tend to tie them in yellow and orange. Green can also be a winner. Works nice in smaller sixes for sedge hatches. These are #14's. I usually scale them down for smaller waters to about #18. Nice classic fly that is a winner to fish. I like calf hair for the wing and tie them with a double wing Wulff style. Have a gentleman that gets me to tie these with florescent red wings, they sure show up. Have tied them with foam over bodies instead of Deer hair. Nice but I like the deer better.

I'm also in favor of pulling the license immediately. I don't buy the line about bad inventory control. Maybe a single firearm but 50, come on. Not a lot of stores deal in handguns anymore. There should be government controls in place to protect from this sort of rampant thing. Makes it lookin the public eye like like you can pick up a handgun anywhere. Black mark on the shooting sports by this kind of publicity and lack of controle, just adds to paranoia. Who the hell runs that place anyway?

Staffer can be a tough task Mistress.

Some of the winners I guided in BC wouldn't hear the horn, too drunk.

Wow another great one.

Yep those are the reasons all right.

There's no problem, I've shipped to the UK many items for swaps and selling flies.

Very nice, she can throw and nice line. Love those yellow Loops.

I grew up fishing nymphs without an indicator since the early 60's. Most often fish with a tight line technique if nymphing. I tend to add an indicator only on large rivers like the Bow and only when fishing seams that are too far out there where a good drift is not possible.

I'm afraid I would never make a choice both great fish.

You should be careful there may be laws about fishing around the construction area. Also the area will not fish well with all the heavy duty activity.

Welcome to the site.

Welcome.

I've thrown the Deer Creek for a couple of years now, been my go to Bow rod. It has never failed me. From light dries and skid bitches, to indi rigs, and large cone heads. Performed well on Steelhead last season.

Plan to order some when I get back from BC.