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that would be fantastic in spring stillwaters over here. pike would take it for sure

LOL. i might use that one if we do a 45 second fly swap.

i'm pretty sure i dont have moorhens wing. oddly, i do have mole. finally i have found a use for it. do you have a pic of the moorhens wing? i think i have grey partridge. thanks for the pictures. when i get home next week i will try some different patterns. i have seen the recipe for different bloa but for the most part i dont have the materials for them.

oooo, i like that one. i have heard that the deeper you fish, the more likely the only colour of the spectrum to be seen is blue. i may have to try a variation

ihave been looking for glo beads. where did you get them from???

aww, they're kinda cute. in a buggy wormish kind of way.

birchy, but you can tie some for me if your boxes are full. i still have some room

point taken. but i was meaning scotch LOL not boys... nothing under 34 please.

here. try this link potts weave video i forgot mark roberts did a video at my request because i was trying to figure out the weave but just wasnt connecting the description without the pictures.

hey harps, with my first attempt at a weave, i used ostritch herl. seemed to work ok. a little time consuming you're right. i just have to get the herl in the middle instead of on one side. i'll try it again. it wasnt good enough to take a picture of. and then i fished it and lost it

need a tissue?

material list... i would like to do up a couple myself

know it or not, you just entered Tango. LOL. you post it, we vote on it. best of luck to ya

how is your tying coming along?

bad, bad boy. LMAO! don't I have to a Mom, in order to a MILF.... maybe I'm just an ILF I dunno i tend not to drink anything younger than 18 year if i can help it. went to a scotch tasting for my birthday. my favourites were the glenfarclas 18yr (i think) and there was a 21 yr which was great, unfortunately i cant remember the name. it was a coastal/island scotch and oh about 150$ Speyghillie - if you are set on parting with one of those bottles, you can find me tying on both saturday and sunday afternoons at the expo. not sure which table yet - hook and hackle or northern lights or a combined table.

it will have to be the first weekend in february. i'm away for the 12/13 and 19/20. then i am tying at the fly fish expo both saturday and sunday and again feb 16/17 at the sportsman show. i'll let you know when i get back

i got one as a solstice christmas present from DBT. it would work very well.

thanks, 3rd try at a traditional spider i'm going to tie more when i'm back from vacation. i havent fished this kind of pattern before, so i am really looking forward to trying them out.

a nice one is 17 or 18 yr glenfarclas (sp?) for a 12 year, the Balvennie and Highland park are both very nice i'm kind of partial the speyside single malts. gelnfiddich 18 ancient 65 -85 $ depending on where you shop is good as well.

i will be going south most weekends leaving friday night coming back sunday through out the summer. see you at the hook n hackle meeting

it's great when a story can do that. rick you have a talent for writing

happy birthday love and kisses from the girl

sweet story. reminds me of my mom's ex (my sort of step dad). he is the one who taught me how to fly fish and i never really appreciated how much i learned from him. they broke up soon after i moved out of the house. i still kept in touch more so as i got older and less teenager stupid. the day i caught my first fish on the fly, a little grayling in quarry lake 4 years ago, i called him. he was really excited for me and we talked fishing and how we would get out. he lived in vancouver and i was here. he was planning on coming out the following summer to stay with his sister and do some fishing. he made it out the next summer but was only in town for a day, but promised the next summer he was coming back for a month. sadly, he had a stroke that fall and passed away a month later. i still think about him when i am on the river. every glass of scotch, every fish and every cigar is toasted in his memory.

only moments ago i was watching my DVD "tying copper johns with john barr" as i was tying my midge and they put one in the float tank. the video did a close up shot from under the water and oddly, i thought to myself.... self... how come the big piece of metal coming out of the 'bugs' butt doesnt deter the fish?!?!? they must see it. frankly, it would scare me. strange, really.

Blue Midge Pattern hook - daiichi 1130 size 18 thread black or blue 17/0 (i think) beadhead - black 5/64" body - clear micro tubing (larva lace or liquid lace will work also), flashabou mirage 3063 (pinky/purpley bluish pearl tinsel) & blue flashabou tinsle (extra limp)