Hook:  Saltwater
Tail:  2 saddle hackles w/ Flash outside
Body:  Estaz
Cheeks:  Saddle Hackles
Lateral Line:  Flashabou
Eyes:  Prism eyes
 
Note:  All pieces are glued on w/ a hot melt glue gun. 
Hint:  Wet Fingers before touching glue to mold shape.
After eyes are stuck, place a glob of glue on the eyes and run glue along the sides of the fly.  Smooth […]

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Why didn’t I get this years ago….?

From The Flyline
NYC getting into the “Power Play” on the Delaware Tailwaters with regard to whom?  Certainly not the trout. 

 
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3 chances to watch!
 
It’s kind of like TNT.  Flipping through the channels, you get sucked into a bad 80’s movie that puts you into a drooling stupor preventing flies to be tied or on the case of a rainy saturday afternoon, resulting in an olive hatch to be missed.  Normally you enter this time warp […]

As I sat having coffee this morning, and yesterday morning as well, I noticed something that I haven’t felt in a long time.  Too long as a matter of fact, and it seems like too long every year.  It was there though, that hint of freshness to the air…faint, but noticeable. That turn to the […]

Floated a local tannic flow with Alexc the other day.  While bugs hatching all day may be too much to ask for in late August even on a cloudy rainy day, we had a blast banging the banks with meaty streamers and watching over eager browns slash at it.  That’s the excitement with streamers for […]

Tail:  Goose Biots tied split Olive or Brown
Body:  Peacock Herl
Rib:  Silver Tinsel
Collar:  Hen Hackle
Wing:  White Goose Biot
Thread:  Black
 
The Prince Nymph is one of the most effective flies I use on the swing.  It imitates many of the more active nymphs of mayflies and stoneflies and gives the impression of a hatching insect on the rise.  […]

This past week me and family quarantined ourselves to the moutnains in search of some R&R. So we packed our bags and headed a couple of hours north to the Adirondacks.  It has ample sandy beaches, campsites, bugs, and fun. The weather ranged from warm and sunny to rain showers to downpours. It was a […]

Not sure what to make of this…
One personality agrees wholeheartedly, great idea…
the other dominant personality wants to take it and stuff it right where the sun don’t shine…I mean C’mon, canoes and drift boats?  You MUST be out of your Gottamm mind! 
And the third Personality just KNOWS this is another money grab by our greedy […]

The Rhody Flatwing, designed and popularized by Ken Abrames is tied with minimal materials while giving the appearance of bulk.  By anyone’s meter, Mr. Abrames is one fishy dude and possesses vice mojo of the highest order.  I tied this one last night after reading the articles on Mr. Abrames’ website, Striper Moon.  It’s chock […]