Pete, I found this on the net - www.troutnut.com/common-name/207/*White*-*Gloved* -Howdies
and http://www.current-works.com/how-to-tie-fly/tilt-shoot-iso-isonychia-pattern/ Hope this helps Mike On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 3:37 PM, DonO <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > Pete, I had a Hank Roberts ‘Domino Nymph’ years ago, looked like the > black-topped white-bottomed flies you see here, but without any hackles. > Worked great in small Wyoming creeks. > I had the weave down at one time, but that was decades ago, would have to > start over. I tied them with a tapered lead wire front thorax underbody > that I squashed with a needle-nose, then wove over it. Not sure if that was > what Hand did, but the fly looked right and sank well in holes. > This may be what he was using, with or without the hackles. Don > > [image: s-l1600[2]] > > > *From:* Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 3:38 AM > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [VFB] Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy? > > 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4739/13688 - Release Date: 01/01/17 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Mike Bliss -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
