About 30 years ago I bought a few flies from a mail order store. One of them was called the Roberts Special. It had a Brownish body that is all I can remember about it. I do remember it was a real good fly. I lost it on a back cast to a low flying Canada goose. Arkansas Tony -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 12/31/16, Pete Gramp <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: [VFB] Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, December 31, 2016, 4:38 AM Anyone ever hear of a pattern called a "Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy"? Passed by my local pond and saw another fly fisher there (rare) just reeling them in (very rare), hand over foot, thankfully catch and releasing or I'd need to find myself a new local pond to fish - he was catching that many - but when I stopped by to ask what he was using, he gave a sly grin and said an older pattern called the "Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy". I shouldn't be as surprised as I am, but seeing as it was a fellow who looked fresh out of puberty, pimples and all, I was a bit surprised he was using an older pattern. He never did let me get a look at the fly, so I'm on a "quest" of sorts, to find a pattern recipe and example photo to get an idea of what the end product should look like and how to tie it. Thanks, gang, any help is appreciated!-Pete -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
