SilverDoctor

Nice and clean

A quick fix is to wrap electrical tap around the foot till it seats tight.

Doing budgets at work. Need to get back to a couple of magazine illustrations I am working on this evening as deadlines are looming. Wife will have cabbage rolls for us tonight. Life is good here also.

Yea but look at the size of the pectoral fins on that baby. You know what they say about big fins...

If in doubt about balance take you rod to the shop and test fit a couple of reels.

Its a 3" net with high magnification on the camera.

I'm a sucker for a nice wing Lumpy, nice job.

Killer

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Personal preference has a lot to do with it. Not everyone likes the same look or style. Lots of good brand names out there, My two fav's are my Islander IR2 a straight high quality clicker and my Hardy Cascapedia 4/5 that has a powerful disc drag for such a small reel. Lots of great options out there.

Fishtails has a rod building course you could take. I've built about a dozen rods, don't have a lathe. Just used an electric drill.

Some amazing ties here.

Sure its actually a Soft Hen Hackle instead of a stiff Genetic. I like the bit of movement it give you in the water. So do the Browns.

Kicking up a kink.

Thats for sure, Mut heart stopped at that touchdown

Nice

Looks like a lot of the steelhead flies we fished in the 60"s

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Love it

Have a great one. Keep those toppings crisp.

You need to be sparse to have the Intruder sink quickly but with a large silhouette. I like a large dubbing ball using a dubbing loop with material like seal, polar bear, arctic fox etc. Think of it as propping up an umbrella.

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Wonderful pictures,

Nice, where did you find the yellow eyes, looking for some.

If you tie a "ball" of dubbing behind the front hackle of your intruder, it will force it out and make the fly look bulkier.