SilverDoctor

I'm a big fan of Royal Wulff's

Only 3 Royal Wulff Grey Wulff CDC split Wing Dunn

I've got to teh point of counting my hooks as I tie, helps a lot.

Keep a magnet around your tying area (I have one with a handle for picking up shop screws etc). I once spilled a box of over 200 #20 on the floor. It was a simple matter to find them and pick them up. run the magnet over the rug around my tying area and find hooks that I didn't know I dropped. A magnet has saved me form the grief of having the wife or Grand Rugrats from stepping on them.

If you buy bulk like a full capes, hides etc as opposed to packaged feathers from a cape it is much more economical (unless you are a hobby tier that only produces a few dozen X a year). The down side of buying volume is that you may never use up the materials. In that case buy what you need in small lots, you have more expensive flies but can still enjoy making and catching with what you make. I'm with Flytyer, after buying online for years I'll only buy from local shops where I can see the product. Bought too many poor products some that I threw out. I tried craft store materials materials and found the materials to be low quality and I just don't do it. Quality materials will go much farther and tie higher quality flies. It really depends on your tying volume. Tying commercially is very much different from just filling a a box for yourself yearly.

I use deep woods off in a spray, Keeps it off your hands so doesn't get on your line. I like to apply to my hat and other clothing as opposed to skin.

Perhaps something you light at one end.

Between those two the Rio Streamer Tip is the one I would target. But really any dry fly line that preforms well on your rod will do. Just add a sink tip to the end. I like to do this as I can change the grain of my sink tip easily.

Had a scare a few years ago also, Too many years without sunscreen in my younger years. Also use Neutrogena but the Wet Skin Sunscreen.

I actually have 4 or so post it's going at a time. I label them tinsel, tailing, wings etc. Nice for holding beads and eyes temperately too.

Here's one I use quite a bit, especially on those material you lay down and can't find again. Use post it notes to hold Hackle tinsel and other materials. Low tack won't damage fine materials, and you don't have to scan you desk for it. I often use it in production tying to hold a dozen tails wings etc. You can also write info about the materials on the note.

Actually never really had a problem with that. As long as there is some dubbing hanging out the front the rest of the stuff follows. Started using this many years ago when I wanted a way to store dubbing that I make, and hated the clutter those dubbing bag make.

One of my sons solved that problem by buying a wood serving tray and gluing a bunch of small wooden storage boxes to it.

huge spike on the graph overnight along the Trunk

Thought I would post some tips occasionally about fly tying, This is one that is really handy. If you have access to pill containers, they make really great dubbing holders. they come in a variety of sizes. Just drill a hole in the bottom with an electric drill and you have a great storage unit. Fills easily through the cap. This one holds 3 packages of dubbing and I just peeled the label off the package and put it on the tube.

Please be careful out there guys.

It works great. I use em in white , fluro Green and Orange.

Lynda McLennan

You do have to remember if you are a wade fisherman that you share the river. I often stop casting when a Drift Boat comes close. They are just that Drift Boats, and cant always change direction quickly, courtesy on both parts is key. Having been on the other side and guiding and rowed for years I understand the business, I've been on the other side where I've come around a corner and been in the drift lane of a Wader way out in the river. I'd always give em a heads up if they don't see me and have my clients rein in. I've had boats come within a rod length of me, no big deal, big river for everyone. 99.9% of drifters are great.

I went for a minimalist approach years ago, 6 flies. And after watching a big Brown feeding on PMD's that I had left at home I changed my mind on that silly thought and theory. I like to go loaded for bear. Now my minimum is one large window box, two small dry window box's and a streamer box in my vest or my full Richardson

Depends where I am fishing, species after and what mood I'm in. For a Brookie trip a small box in my shirt pocket will do. For more Technical presentations, its my 4 compartment Richardson box with ore complete bug stages.

Will do

Ok so how about this one, it will be tested on a Brown stream fairly soon.

Excellent I look forward to it, by the way when does the "Silver Doctor" series start?

Sounds like an encounter that could have turned nasty. You did the right thing by leaving. I would report it through.