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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 3:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [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.
