SilverDoctor

Welcome to the dark side Luke.

Most of us "Old Timers" would have recoiled at this sort of idea then and now.

Not a bad season overall but didn’t get out as much as I would have liked. Prowled streams and tribs Met a bunch of nice Browns that came out to chat with me over some Dry flies and unfortunately only one Cuttie. Smelled the earth Freaked out some squirrels Studied insects under rocks Watched hatches ebb and flow Mostly watched trout sip on Mayflies Chatted about life with good buddies No bruins this season but lots of tracks Listened to nothing in the woods and everything Fished 2 solid hatches where trout fed with abandon Thought about new dry flies and emergers for next season Saw deer cross streams I was fishing without them seeing me Listened to leaves rustle and called out their summer and fall sounds. Ate some nice lunches but promised myself more hot coffee and food using my Coleman stoves. Remembered those who I fished with who are no longer on this earthy plane. Was happy! My waders ended my season early on my behalf. First pinhole leaks which where easy to fix, then both seams where they met the backs of both booties. Oh well 8 years is OK for a set of waders I guess. A shootout to all I met on the waters this season from this old Doc.

Professional poachers.

Pearl Flash

Wow good on you for reporting to RAP. We need more good eyes on the water for just this reason.

yep dark colors are more visible in low light. Also have some posts made of Flashabo for early mornng.

Ouch!!!!!

Midge clusters are great.

Nice!

Welcome to the tying community. Wonderful to see people start in this side of the sport. Dont forget to post your flies here.

Depends on my mood and the reason for tying. For patterns I use a lot a minimum of a doz. At times a half doz. but mostly by the dozen. I like to keep a small inventory of some patterns. Every tier will be different, some strive for just a few perfect patterns. There's also experimental patterns that I usually tie fewer of, sometimes as tests on the water. Other times to just to figure out a pattern, these might get the blade three or four times before I'm satisfied. No rules, just have fun tying. For me tying is like a Zen, I can bury myself in the tie without thinking.

Super post thanks

Yep exactly Toolman.

How many of us have caught the same trout numerous times with no seemingly ill effects?

With more pressure comes more need for technical and careful tactics. I've had more luck with emergers and more exacting patterns.

Lots of questions from someone with only 1 post and no community forum involvement.

Made a bunch of these also using hot glue, shrink wrap is a good idea, have to try that.

That's horrible Hoping you get well,

Switched to Chota's a couple of years ago. My feet have thanked me.

Here is a simple sign we can wear on the Bow. Only weighs about 50 lbs.

We get wrecks every year, a few years back we resued a couple of guys from Montana whos boat swamped below Police, it was a lucky outcome for both boat and fly fishers. Barry White's book "My Bow" records a number of victims of the Bow.

As we get older we do lose those we love. Sorry for your loss. I've lost a couple of fishing buddies dear to me over the years including a previous Admin of this site "Flytier". Memories and pictures are what we have thank goodness. If you have a picture of an old buddy you miss feel free to post it here.

I do mine with 2 mixed colors of Olive marabou for the tail and body, and a flashback using Flashabu. Mixes it up nicely.

That was a fear that I had, but so far so good, low memory foam of some kind. If mine eventually wears a bit it looks easy enough to replace or jab more foam in there.